Rhetoric vs. Reality: Unauthorized immigration and housing rents

IF 6.9 2区经济学 Q1 BUSINESS, FINANCE

Finance Research Letters Pub Date : 2025-06-29 DOI:10.1016/j.frl.2025.107876

Xinhui Huang , Wei Li , Luqi Xu

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Abstract

The role of unauthorized immigrants in driving housing market outcomes has been a controversial topic in recent years, yet empirical evidence linking unauthorized immigration to rising rents remains limited. This paper investigates the relationship between unauthorized immigration and the dynamics of housing rents across U.S. states from 2005 to 2022. Using state-level panel data, we test whether increases in the unauthorized immigrants are associated with changes in average and median rents. Our findings consistently reveal no statistically significant relationship between unauthorized immigration and housing rent growth.

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修辞与现实：非法移民和住房租金

近年来，非法移民在推动房地产市场结果方面的作用一直是一个有争议的话题，但将非法移民与租金上涨联系起来的实证证据仍然有限。本文研究了2005年至2022年美国各州非法移民与住房租金动态之间的关系。使用州级面板数据，我们测试了非法移民的增加是否与平均和中位数租金的变化有关。我们的研究结果一致表明，非法移民和住房租金增长之间没有统计学上显著的关系。

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Finance Research Letters BUSINESS, FINANCE-

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11.10

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14.40%

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863

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