abstract: 'I analyze how allowing undocumented immigrants to legally obtain

  driver''s licenses shifts commuting patterns, increases job

  accessibility, and improves labor market outcomes. Using state-and

  nativity-level variation in reforms, I show that granting driving

  privileges to the undocumented increases vehicle ownership and the

  probability of car commute by 3 percentage points. This improvement in

  accessibility leads to a 1 percentage point increase in the employment

  rate. The employment effects are larger in low-accessibility localities,

  which are more rural and entail longer commuting times. Undocumented

  immigrants exhibit stronger positive employment effects in more

  vehicle-dependent occupations. These findings highlight the quantitative

  importance of transportation barriers in determining the labor market

  outcomes of minority workers.'
affiliation: 'Cho, H (Corresponding Author), Korea Inst Publ Finance, Yeongi, South
  Korea.

  Cho, Heepyung, Korea Inst Publ Finance, Yeongi, South Korea.'
article-number: '102174'
author: Cho, Heepyung
author-email: hcho@kipf.re.kr
author_list:
- family: Cho
  given: Heepyung
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1016/j.labeco.2022.102174
earlyaccessdate: MAY 2022
eissn: 1879-1034
files: []
issn: 0927-5371
journal: LABOUR ECONOMICS
keywords: 'Spatial mismatch; Immigration policy; Labor market; Commuting;

  Undocumented immigrants'
keywords-plus: 'SPATIAL MISMATCH HYPOTHESIS; EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES; CAR OWNERSHIP;

  SEGREGATION; ACCESS; WAGES'
language: English
month: JUN
number-of-cited-references: '44'
orcid-numbers: Cho, Heepyung/0000-0001-8994-1568
papis_id: cf36c3decc7300dc0fff436b1d1683de
ref: Cho2022driverslicense
times-cited: '2'
title: Driver?s license reforms and job accessibility among undocumented immigrants
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000810039100005
usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
usage-count-since-2013: '3'
volume: '76'
web-of-science-categories: Economics
year: '2022'