Where we are from matters: Assessing the impact of immigrants on firm environmental performance

This study examines the impact of immigrant populations on firm environmental performance. Leveraging a longitudinal dataset of more than 11,000 manufacturing facilities in the US in which I match the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) facility toxic emissions data with the location’s census im...

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Main Author: LEE, Narae
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spelling sg-smu-ink.lkcsb_research-80562024-03-20T06:16:02Z Where we are from matters: Assessing the impact of immigrants on firm environmental performance LEE, Narae This study examines the impact of immigrant populations on firm environmental performance. Leveraging a longitudinal dataset of more than 11,000 manufacturing facilities in the US in which I match the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) facility toxic emissions data with the location’s census immigration data, I document the negative impact of local immigrant populations on a facility’s environmental performance, which strengthens as heterogeneity among immigrant increases. I argue that this is because a more heterogeneous community is less cohesive and hence less capable of organizing effective pressures against pollution. Further, I show that because co-nationality links create unique bonds between the facility and local immigrants, the negative relationship declines as more immigrants originate from the same home country as a facility’s parent firm. These results are robust to the use of an instrumental variable approach and a wide variety of alternative specifications and subsamples. These findings suggest that local community pressures may be limited in driving better environmental outcomes. 2022-08-01T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/7057 info:doi/10.5465/AMBPP.2022.70 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/8056/viewcontent/WhereWeAreFrom_pv.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Organizational Behavior and Theory Place and Environment Strategic Management Policy
institution Singapore Management University
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Singapore
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topic Organizational Behavior and Theory
Place and Environment
Strategic Management Policy
spellingShingle Organizational Behavior and Theory
Place and Environment
Strategic Management Policy
LEE, Narae
Where we are from matters: Assessing the impact of immigrants on firm environmental performance
description This study examines the impact of immigrant populations on firm environmental performance. Leveraging a longitudinal dataset of more than 11,000 manufacturing facilities in the US in which I match the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) facility toxic emissions data with the location’s census immigration data, I document the negative impact of local immigrant populations on a facility’s environmental performance, which strengthens as heterogeneity among immigrant increases. I argue that this is because a more heterogeneous community is less cohesive and hence less capable of organizing effective pressures against pollution. Further, I show that because co-nationality links create unique bonds between the facility and local immigrants, the negative relationship declines as more immigrants originate from the same home country as a facility’s parent firm. These results are robust to the use of an instrumental variable approach and a wide variety of alternative specifications and subsamples. These findings suggest that local community pressures may be limited in driving better environmental outcomes.
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title Where we are from matters: Assessing the impact of immigrants on firm environmental performance
title_short Where we are from matters: Assessing the impact of immigrants on firm environmental performance
title_full Where we are from matters: Assessing the impact of immigrants on firm environmental performance
title_fullStr Where we are from matters: Assessing the impact of immigrants on firm environmental performance
title_full_unstemmed Where we are from matters: Assessing the impact of immigrants on firm environmental performance
title_sort where we are from matters: assessing the impact of immigrants on firm environmental performance
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2022
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/7057
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/8056/viewcontent/WhereWeAreFrom_pv.pdf
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