The Externalities of Immigration Policies on Migration Flows: The Case of an Asylum Policy

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We analyze the externalities arising from a bilateral asylum policy - the list of safe origin countries - relying on a tractable model. Using self-collected monthly data, we estimate that including one origin country on the safe list of a given destination decreases asylum applications from that origin to that destination by 29%. We use a counterfactual policy simulation to quantify the spillover effects occurring across origin and destination countries. Individuals from targeted origin countries move to alternative destinations. Individuals from untargeted origins divert from alternative destinations. The magnitude of the externalities depends on the size of the affected flows.

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• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 16935

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; International Migration ; Immigration Law ; Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
• Thema: migration ; asylum seekers ; asylum policy ; safe origin country ; refugee

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Guichard, Lucas ; Machado, Joël
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
• (wo): Bonn
• (wann): 2024

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• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ