Do Immigration Raids Deter Head Start Enrollment?

Robert Santillano, Stephanie Potochnick and Jade Jenkins

AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2020, vol. 110, 419-23

Abstract: We investigate the local deterrence effect of immigration raids on Hispanic Head Start enrollment. Using a nationwide panel of raids from 2006 to 2008, a time of intensified immigration enforcement across communities in the US, we find robust evidence that raids decreased Hispanic Head Start enrollment by around 10 percent. We disentangle this impact and find evidence that this decrease is driven by a deterrence effect rather than a mobility effect, which suggests that families are staying in their communities but not enrolling their children in Head Start.

JEL-codes: H75 I21 I28 J15 K37 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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