06738oam 22012254 450 991096191580332120250426110136.0978661284195897814623729421462372945978128284195612828419559781451871029145187102397814527288961452728895(CKB)3170000000055134(SSID)ssj0000944017(PQKBManifestationID)11595726(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000944017(PQKBWorkID)10983251(PQKB)11782481(OCoLC)460194709(IMF)WPIEE2008244(MiAaPQ)EBC1586704(IMF)WPIEA2008244WPIEA2008244(EXLCZ)99317000000005513420020129d2008 uf 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrDo Interest Groups Affect U.S. Immigration Policy? /Prachi Mishra, Giovanni Facchini, Anna Maria Mayda1st ed.Washington, D.C. :International Monetary Fund,2008.1 online resource (58 pages) illustrations (some color)IMF Working PapersIMF working paper ;WP/08/244Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9781451915556 1451915551 Includes bibliographical references.Intro -- Contents -- I. Introduction -- II. Literature -- III. Migration Policy in the United States -- IV. Theoretical Framework -- V. Data -- A. Lobbying Expenditures -- B. Other Data -- C. Summary Statistics -- VI. Empirical Analysis -- A. Main Results -- B. Additional Results -- C. Robustness Checks -- VII. Conclusions -- Tables -- 1. Number and Types of Non-Immigrant Visa Issuances, 2001-05 -- 2. Targeted Political Activity -- 3. Estimated Effect of Politics on Migration, OLS -- 4a. Estimated Effect of Politics on Migration, Instrumental Variables -- 4b. Estimated Effect of Politics on Migration, Instrumental Variables - First Stage -- 5. Estimated Effect of Politics on Migration, Alternative Dependent Variables -- 6. Estimated Effect of Politics on Migration, Alternative Measure of Lobbying Expenditures -- 7. Estimated Effect of Politics on Migration, Campaign Contributions from PAC vs Lobbying Expenditures -- Figures -- 1. Scatter Plots Between Lobbying Expenditures and Campaign Contributions from Political Action Committees (PACs) -- 2. Top 10 Spenders for Immigration, 2001-05 -- 3. Top 10 Sectors with the Highest Number of Visas, 2001-05 -- 4. Scatter Plot - Lobbying Expenditures for Immigration and Number of Visas -- 5. Scatter Plot - Union Membership Rates and Number of Visas -- 6. Scatter Plot - Lobbying Expenditures for Immigration and Number of H1B Visas -- 7. Scatter Plot - Union Membership Rates and Number of H1B Visas -- References -- Appendix -- Appendix Figures -- A1. The Effects of a Migration Quota -- Appendix Tables -- A1a. Summary Statistics -- A1b. Summary Statistics (in levels) -- A2. List of Issues -- A3. Sample Lobbying Report - Morrison Public Affairs Group -- A4. Sample Lobbying Report - Microsoft Corporation -- A5. List of CPS Industries (Census Bureau Classification).A6. Estimated Effect of Politics on Migration OLS, Robustness Checks -- A7. Estimated Effect of Politics on Migration OLS, Robustness Checks.While anecdotal evidence suggests that interest groups play a key role in shaping immigration policy, there is no systematic empirical analysis of this issue. In this paper, we construct an industry-level dataset for the United States, by combining information on the number of temporary work visas with data on lobbying activity associated with immigration. We find robust evidence that both pro- and anti-immigration interest groups play a statistically significant and economically relevant role in shaping migration across sectors. Barriers to migration are lower in sectors in which business interest groups incur larger lobby expenditures and higher in sectors where labor unions are more important.IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;No. 2008/244LobbyingUnited StatesEconometric modelsEmigration and ImmigrationimfEmigration and immigrationimfExpenditureimfExpenditures, PublicimfIncome economicsimfInternational MigrationimfLabor economicsimfLabor Economics: GeneralimfLabor unionsimfLaborimfLabor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining: GeneralimfLabourimfMacroeconomicsimfMigrationimfMigration, immigration & emigrationimfNational Government Expenditures and Related Policies: GeneralimfPublic finance & taxationimfPublic FinanceimfTrade unionsimfUnemployment rateimfUnemploymentimfUnemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job SearchimfUnited StatesEmigration and immigrationGovernment policyEconometric modelsUnited StatesimfLobbyingEconometric models.Emigration and ImmigrationEmigration and immigrationExpenditureExpenditures, PublicIncome economicsInternational MigrationLabor economicsLabor Economics: GeneralLabor unionsLaborLabor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining: GeneralLabourMacroeconomicsMigrationMigration, immigration & emigrationNational Government Expenditures and Related Policies: GeneralPublic finance & taxationPublic FinanceTrade unionsUnemployment rateUnemploymentUnemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search324.40973Mishra Prachi1090676Facchini Giovanni1815643Mayda Anna Maria1815644DcWaIMFBOOK9910961915803321Do Interest Groups Affect U.S. Immigration Policy4371111UNINA