Achieving the DREAM: The Effect of IRCA on Immigrant Youth Postsecondary Educational Access
研究1986年《移民改革与控制法》的大赦计划如何影响移民青年的高等教育入学机会，发现获得大赦的移民青年更可能接受高等教育。
This paper contributes to the existing literature on the effect of legal status on educational access among immigrant youth in the United States. The Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986 granted amnesty to undocumented immigrants who entered the United States before 1982. Using a difference-indifferences framework, I analyze the effect of this large amnesty program on immigrant youth's postsecondary educational access. My main finding shows that immigrant youths who were granted amnesty under IRCA are more likely to enroll in postsecondary education.