What are the consequences of regularizing undocumented immigrants?

Sherrie A. Kossoudji
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Sherrie A. Kossoudji: University of Michigan, USA, and IZA, Germany

IZA World of Labor, 2016, No 296, 296

Abstract: Millions of people enter (or remain in) countries without permission as they flee violence, war, or economic hardship. Regularization policies that offer residence and work rights have multiple and multi-layered effects on the economy and society, but they always directly affect the labor market opportunities of those who are regularized. Large numbers of undocumented people in many countries, a new political willingness to fight for human and civil rights, and dramatically increasing refugee flows mean continued pressure to enact regularization policies.

Keywords: immigration reform; worker legal status; regularized workers; legalized workers; amnesty denial (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J48 J62 J68 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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