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They ain't One of Us: Anit-Immigration Sentiment and Labor Market Assimilation of Central American Immigrants

Bruckner, Valentin LU (2022) EKHS02 20221
Department of Economic History
Abstract
This thesis investigates the impact of rising resentment against immigrants on the labor market
assimilation of Central American Immigrants in the United States from 2014 to 2019. During
the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump made anti-immigration rhetoric a core part of
his campaign. A likely correlated rise in hate crimes against immigrants could be observed in
the aftermath. Since immigrants from Central America have been demonized the worst, they
are consequently the main focus of this investigation. The results based on analysis from a
cross-sectional dataset, constructed from several American Community Survey waves, do
indicate that immigrants who were exposed to higher rates of hate crime assimilated better into
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This thesis investigates the impact of rising resentment against immigrants on the labor market
assimilation of Central American Immigrants in the United States from 2014 to 2019. During
the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump made anti-immigration rhetoric a core part of
his campaign. A likely correlated rise in hate crimes against immigrants could be observed in
the aftermath. Since immigrants from Central America have been demonized the worst, they
are consequently the main focus of this investigation. The results based on analysis from a
cross-sectional dataset, constructed from several American Community Survey waves, do
indicate that immigrants who were exposed to higher rates of hate crime assimilated better into
the American labor market. Possible explanations are a high proportion of illegal immigrants
and possible differences between high and low population states. (Less)
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author
Bruckner, Valentin LU
supervisor
organization
course
EKHS02 20221
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Immigration, Assimilation, Discrimination, Trump, United States, Central America
language
English
id
9091828
date added to LUP
2022-06-28 10:01:26
date last changed
2022-06-28 10:01:26
@misc{9091828,
  abstract     = {{This thesis investigates the impact of rising resentment against immigrants on the labor market
assimilation of Central American Immigrants in the United States from 2014 to 2019. During
the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump made anti-immigration rhetoric a core part of
his campaign. A likely correlated rise in hate crimes against immigrants could be observed in
the aftermath. Since immigrants from Central America have been demonized the worst, they
are consequently the main focus of this investigation. The results based on analysis from a
cross-sectional dataset, constructed from several American Community Survey waves, do
indicate that immigrants who were exposed to higher rates of hate crime assimilated better into
the American labor market. Possible explanations are a high proportion of illegal immigrants
and possible differences between high and low population states.}},
  author       = {{Bruckner, Valentin}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{They ain't One of Us: Anit-Immigration Sentiment and Labor Market Assimilation of Central American Immigrants}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}