Do Regularization Programs for Illegal Immigrants Have a Magnet Effect? Evidence from Spain

Larramona, Gemma (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Sanso-Navarro, Marcos (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: This paper attempts to determine whether regularization programs of illegal immigrants have a magnet effect. Using a comparative case study approach, we analyze the most recent amnesty implemented in Spain. More specifically, we apply a synthetic control method that is suitable for the evaluation of policies at the country level. Our results suggest that the increasing trend followed by the foreign population in the period analyzed is not a consequence of the amnesty under scrutiny. Rather, it corresponds to the path for a counterfactual country with similar socioeconomic characteristics.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1111/manc.12099

Año: 2016

Publicado en: The Manchester School 84, 2 (2016), 296-311
ISSN: 1463-6786

Factor impacto JCR: 0.615 (2016)

Categ. JCR: ECONOMICS rank: 243 / 347 = 0.7 (2016) - Q3 - T3

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.458 - Economics and Econometrics (Q2)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/S39-23R
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN/ECO2009-13675

Tipo y forma: Artículo (PostPrint)

Área (Departamento): Área Fund. Análisis Económico (Dpto. Análisis Económico)