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The 2020 US Census counted 62.1 million Hispanics, representing nearly 19 percent of the US population, and almost triple the 6.5 percent share in 1980 (Jones et al. 2021; Flores, [...]

This document presents a study that examines the long-term impacts of historical lynchings on Mexican Americans in Texas. The study uses census data from 1940 and matches it with data on lynchings in Texas. The analysis focuses on outcomes such as years of schooling, earnings, and home ownership. The results suggest that exposure to lynchings during childhood had small negative effects on these outcomes for Mexican Americans, but the magnitudes were not always statistically significant. The study acknowledges the limitations of the data and calls for further research to better understand the causal relationship between lynchings and long-term outcomes. [Extracted from the article]

This paper links Native American racial self-identification with the rise in tribal gaming across the United States. We find that state policy changes allowing tribes to open casinos are associated with an increase in the probability that individuals with American Indian ancestors will self-identify as Native American and a decrease in the probability that individuals with no American Indian ancestry will self-identify as Native American. Moreover, we find that the magnitudes of the impacts are increasing in the strength of American Indian ancestral ties. Similar results hold when causal identification comes from American Indian casino openings across states over time and suggestive evidence shows stronger impacts if casinos are likely to pay per capita dividend payments to their members. These results are consistent with a conceptual framework in which we tie racial identification to economic motivations as well as social stigma associated with affiliating with a racial group for those without documented ancestral ties. Our results underscore the importance of economic incentives and social factors underlying the individual choice of racial identity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper considers the intrafamily allocation of elderly care in the context of international migration where migrant children may be able to provide financial assistance to their parents but are unable to offer physical care. To investigate sibling interaction, I estimate best response functions for individual physical and financial contributions as a function of siblings' contributions. After addressing the endogeneity of siblings' contributions and selection into migration, I find evidence that siblings' financial contributions function as strategic complements while time contributions operate as strategic substitutes. This suggests that contributions may be based on both strategic bequest and public good motivations. (Contains 6 tables and 25 footnotes.)

Analysis on nonlinear income dynamics and presence of poverty traps are presented. Pseudo-panel methods are used to investigate the dynamics, with the results demonstrating bias in data estimates and showing evidence of nonlinearities in household income dynamics.

We explore whether fear of apprehension affects immigrants' labor market engagement by examining how Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) removals due to immigration violations and increased awareness of immigration raids impact their labor market outcomes. We find that ICE deportations are associated with reductions in the labor force participation and employment of likely undocumented immigrants when compared to similarly skilled foreign‐born US citizens. Effects are particularly strong among women, especially those with children, as well as in industries likely targeted by ICE raids. Controlling for perceived threats and de jure immigration policies has little impact on these results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]