Return Migration and Illegal Immigration Control

Karin Mayr-Dorn and Alexander Kemnitz

Vienna Economics Papers from University of Vienna, Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper investigates the effectiveness of immigration control policies when the duration of stay of illegal immigrants is endogenous because they may return home voluntarily. It shows that return intentions matter. First, we find that spending on border enforcement can potentially increase the total amount of illegal labor in the receiving country. This is because, while fewer illegals enter the country, those who do enter stay longer. Second, in-site inspections reduce illegal labor, unless there is an amnesty: then, they can have the opposite effect. Third, ones on apprehended migrants have only limited effect.

JEL-codes: F22 K42 O17 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-12
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