What drives the legalization of immigrants?: evidence from IRCA
We develop a model to understand the trade–offs faced by an elected representative in supporting an amnesty when a restrictive immigration policy is in place. We show that an amnesty is more desirable the more restricted are the occupational opportunities of undocumented immigrants and the smaller i...
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| author | Casarico, Alessandra Facchini, Giovanni Frattini, Tommaso |
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| description | We develop a model to understand the trade–offs faced by an elected representative in supporting an amnesty when a restrictive immigration policy is in place. We show that an amnesty is more desirable the more restricted are the occupational opportunities of undocumented immigrants and the smaller is the fiscal leakage to undocumented immigrants via the welfare state. Empirical evidence based on the voting behavior of U.S. Congressmen on the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 provides strong support for the predictions of our theoretical model. |
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| spelling | nottingham-507962019-09-15T04:30:15Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/50796/ What drives the legalization of immigrants?: evidence from IRCA Casarico, Alessandra Facchini, Giovanni Frattini, Tommaso We develop a model to understand the trade–offs faced by an elected representative in supporting an amnesty when a restrictive immigration policy is in place. We show that an amnesty is more desirable the more restricted are the occupational opportunities of undocumented immigrants and the smaller is the fiscal leakage to undocumented immigrants via the welfare state. Empirical evidence based on the voting behavior of U.S. Congressmen on the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 provides strong support for the predictions of our theoretical model. Elsevier 2018-05-30 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by_nc_nd https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/50796/1/RSUE_Rev20_December2017.pdf Casarico, Alessandra, Facchini, Giovanni and Frattini, Tommaso (2018) What drives the legalization of immigrants?: evidence from IRCA. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 70 . pp. 258-273. ISSN 0166-0462 Migration policy; Amnesties; Roll call votes https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166046217302132 doi:10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2018.01.009 doi:10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2018.01.009 |
| spellingShingle | Migration policy; Amnesties; Roll call votes Casarico, Alessandra Facchini, Giovanni Frattini, Tommaso What drives the legalization of immigrants?: evidence from IRCA |
| title | What drives the legalization of immigrants?: evidence from IRCA |
| title_full | What drives the legalization of immigrants?: evidence from IRCA |
| title_fullStr | What drives the legalization of immigrants?: evidence from IRCA |
| title_full_unstemmed | What drives the legalization of immigrants?: evidence from IRCA |
| title_short | What drives the legalization of immigrants?: evidence from IRCA |
| title_sort | what drives the legalization of immigrants?: evidence from irca |
| topic | Migration policy; Amnesties; Roll call votes |
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