Immigration Policy in France and Germany: Outputs versus Outcomes

James F. Hollifield

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1986, vol. 485, issue 1, 113-128

Abstract: This article looks at the successes and failures of immigration policy in France and Germany. Particular attention is given to comparing immigration and foreign-worker policies—outputs—and the results of these policies—outcomes—in each state since the suspension of immigration in the mid-1970s. The analysis of the French and German experiences suggests that the gap between outputs and outcomes results from the inability of the state fully to control the migratory process. Inevitably, many foreign workers will choose to settle in the country in which they work. Stopping the movement of workers into and out of the country and suspending immigration tends to speed up the process of settlement and increase family and seasonal immigration. The principal lesson for other industrial democracies is that suspending immigration and exporting workers is not an effective way to solve employment problems.

Date: 1986
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DOI: 10.1177/0002716286485001010

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