@article{d1b023f9ecbd4a938085c305266cfbb4,
title = "Legalization and human capital accumulation",
abstract = "This paper presents new evidence regarding the effects of legalization on the training of immigrants who were granted legal status through the US Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986. Our findings point to a large increase in the immigrants{\textquoteright} incidence of training relative to comparable groups of natives following legalization. While training gains are higher for males, wage gains are higher for females. We also show that an important part of these changes in labor market outcomes occurs through occupation changes by newly legalized immigrants.",
keywords = "Human capital accumulation, Immigration, Legalization, Training",
author = "Fabio M{\'e}ndez and Facundo Sep{\'u}lveda and Nieves Vald{\'e}s",
note = "Funding Information: We wish to thank Carolina Concha for expert research assistance. We also wish to thank three anonymous referees for their helpful suggestions. Facundo Sep{\'u}lveda acknowledges financial support from FONDECYT (Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Cient{\'i}fico y Tecnol{\'o}gico) project No 1151116. Nieves Vald{\'e}s acknowledges financial support from FONDECYT (Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Cient{\'i}fico y Tecnol{\'o}gico) project No 11130058. Fabio M{\'e}ndez acknowledges financial support in the form a Summer Research Grant from the Sellinger School of Business and Management at Loyola University Maryland. All errors are ours. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2016, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.",
year = "2016",
month = jul,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1007/s00148-016-0585-0",
language = "English",
volume = "29",
pages = "721--756",
journal = "Journal of Population Economics",
issn = "0933-1433",
publisher = "Springer New York",
number = "3",
}