@Article{pakinsight,
AUTHOR = {},
TITLE = {Panel Data Analysis of the Impact of Economic Freedom as Well as Economic Conditions, The Quality of Life, and Public Education Spending on  U.S. Undocumented Immigrant Settlement Patterns},
JOURNAL = {Quarterly Journal of Econometrics Research},
VOLUME = {2},
YEAR = {2016},
NUMBER = {2},
PAGES = {28-41},
URL = {http://www.pakinsight.com/archive/88/12-2016/2},
ISSN = {2411-0523},
ABSTRACT = {This study seeks to identify key factors influencing the geographic 
settlement pattern of undocumented immigrants in the U.S., with a 
particular emphasis on the impact of economic freedom, and to extend the
 OLS findings in previous related studies. Indeed, this study adds to 
the literature in several ways. First, it provides current insights into
 the link between the settlement patterns of undocumented immigrants in 
the U.S. and economic freedom. Second, the study adopts a panel data-set
 and provides estimates using cross-section fixed-effects. Third, this 
study also endeavors to provide further insights into the impacts on the
 settlement patterns of undocumented immigrants of non-economic-freedom 
economic conditions, as well as the quality of life and spending on 
primary and secondary public education.  The various state fixed-effects
 estimates provided in the present study yield several conclusions. In 
particular, according to these estimations, the settlement pattern of 
undocumented immigrants in the U.S is inversely a function of colder 
climates, higher crime rates, higher population density, and a higher 
cost of living. In addition, the interstate distribution of undocumented
 immigrants to the U.S. is positively a function of the annual per pupil
 outlays on public primary and secondary education; it is also 
positively a function of the degree of economic freedom, the principal 
focus of this study.},
DOI = {10.18488/journal.88/2016.2.2/88.2.28.41}
}