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PERERA, Marcelo  e  VELAZQUEZ, Cecilia. Impacto del programa de regularización migratoria 'Patria Grande' en Argentina. Estud. Econ. [online]. 2013, vol.30, n.61, pp. 43-69. ISSN 2525-1295.

'Patria Grande' program in Argentina provides for a provisional residence permit for undocumented immigrants that allow them to work, study, leave and re-entry the country. This may encourage a higher participation in the formal sector and a higher access to social services respect to the counterfactual situation in the absence of the program. In this paper, we estimate these effects by comparing over time eligible immigrants with a similar but not eligible group (local migrants, who recently moved from his hometown). The results suggest the program has helped to reduce informality in 13% by increasing the coverage of social security contributions and health insurance benefits. It has also improved the access to education for immigrants in 7.5%.

Palavras-chave : Migration; Impact Evaluation; Difference-in-Differences; Patria Grande program.