The Impacts of Unauthorized Immigration on U.S. Labor and Housing Markets: New Evidence from Administrative Microdata

2026/03/01 by Daniel J. Lewis, Xiaoqing Zhou · 1 voice
Social Sciences · #Migration and Labor Dynamics #Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy #Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research

paper · doi:10.24149/wp2607

Abstract

From early 2021 to early 2024, the U.S. experienced an unprecedented boom in unauthorized immigration, followed by a rapid slowdown beginning in mid-2024. This paper provides the first systematic empirical assessment of the labor- and housing-market effects of this episode.

Citations

• The Labor Market Effects of Immigration Enforcement

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