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Comparing Immigration Policies: An Overview from the IMPALA Database

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  • Michel Beine

    (uni.lu - Université du Luxembourg = University of Luxembourg = Universität Luxemburg)

  • Anna Boucher

    (The University of Sydney)

  • Brian Burgoon

    (UvA - Universiteit van Amsterdam)

  • Mary Crock

    (The University of Sydney)

  • Justin Gest

    (George Mason University [Fairfax])

  • Michael Hiscox

    (Harvard University)

  • Patrick Mcgovern

    (Department of Economics - LSE - London School of Economics and Political Science)

  • Hillel Rapoport

    (Bar-Ilan University [Israël], PSE - Paris School of Economics - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - ENPC - École nationale des ponts et chaussées - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement, CES - Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Joep Schaper

    (UvA - Universiteit van Amsterdam)

  • Eiko Thielemann

    (Department of Economics - LSE - London School of Economics and Political Science)

Abstract

This paper introduces a method and preliminary findings from a database that systematically measures the character and stringency of immigration policies. Based on the selection of that data for nine countries between 1999 and 2008, we challenge the idea that any one country is systematically the most or least restrictive toward admissions. The data also reveal trends toward more complex and, often, more restrictive regulation since the 1990s, as well as differential treatment of groups, such as lower requirements for highly skilled than low-skilled labor migrants. These patterns illustrate the IMPALA data and methods but are also of intrinsic importance to understanding immigration regulation.

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  • Michel Beine & Anna Boucher & Brian Burgoon & Mary Crock & Justin Gest & Michael Hiscox & Patrick Mcgovern & Hillel Rapoport & Joep Schaper & Eiko Thielemann, 2015. "Comparing Immigration Policies: An Overview from the IMPALA Database," PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) hal-01304141, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:pseptp:hal-01304141
    DOI: 10.1111/imre.12169
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