F2 - International Factor Movements and International Business
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Immigration and Provision of Public Goods: Evidence at the Local Level in the U.S.
Using U.S. county-level data from 1990 to 2010, we study the causal impact of immigration on the provision of local public goods. We uncover substantial heterogeneity across immigrants with different skills and immigrants of different generations, which leads to unequal fiscal effects across U.S. counties.