Migration Policy: Lessons from Cooperatives

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We propose an immigration policy based on the model of cooperatives. Incoming migrants have to acquire a participation certificate. In exchange, the immigrants may enter the country of choice without danger. The revenue goes to the country of the recipient nation rather than to human smugglers. The cost would be much lower than today’s efforts to secure the borders. Asylum seekers get back the money paid for the certificate. Immigration is therewith regulated more efficiently than today. Not all entrance barriers and coercive measures to prevent illegal entry would disappear. However, the pressure of illegal migrants is strongly reduced.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 6364

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Social Choice; Clubs; Committees; Associations ; International Migration ; Economic Impacts of Globalization: Labor ; Informal Labor Markets ; Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
• Subject: immigration ; asylum ; cooperatives ; participation certificates ; borders

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Osterloh, Margit ; Frey, Bruno S.
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
• (where): Munich
• (when): 2017

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/155606
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET