Study Findings from Vanderbilt University Broaden Understanding of Economic Policy (Unauthorized Immigrants’ Access To Driver’s Licenses and Auto Insurance Coverage)

2020 AUG 26 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Economics Daily Report -- Current study results on Economics - Economic Policy have been published. According to news reporting originating in Nashville, Tennessee, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “Fourteen states and the District of Columbia allow unauthorized immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses.”

Financial support for this research came from Center for Growth and Opportunity.

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from Vanderbilt University, “Using variation in the timing and location of these policy changes, we show these Unauthorized Immigrant License Polices (UILPs) are associated with a 1% increase in both the number of licensed drivers and liability insurance coverage, although we do not document a statistically significant relationship with auto insurance claims. Nor do we detect a significant relationship between UILPs and the number of miles driven, vehicle registrations, air quality, or travel behaviors.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “Overall, our results are consistent with UILPs licensing unauthorized immigrants who were already driving.(JELR48, G22, K37).”

For more information on this research see: Unauthorized Immigrants’ Access To Driver’s Licenses and Auto Insurance Coverage. Contemporary Economic Policy, 2020;():. Contemporary Economic Policy can be contacted at: Wiley, 111 River St, Hoboken 07030-5774, NJ, USA. (Wiley-Blackwell - http://www.wiley.com/; Contemporary Economic Policy - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1465-7287)

Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Bing Yang Tan, Vanderbilt University, Dept. of Economics, 221 Kirkland Hall, Nashville, TN 37235, United States. Additional authors for this research include Brandyn F. Churchill and Taylor Mackay.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1111/coep.12492. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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