Policies on Illegal Immigration in a Federation

CIE Working Paper No. 2009-05 (Revised 2011)

37 Pages Posted: 22 May 2009 Last revised: 12 Aug 2011

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Karin Mayr

University of Linz - Department of Economics

Steffen Minter

University of Paderborn - Department of Economics

Tim Krieger

University of Freiburg - Department of Economics

Date Written: August 12, 2011

Abstract

Illegal immigration is a major policy challenge in Europe, in particular in countries on the external border of the EU such as Italy or Spain. However, there are likely to be important effects on the rest of the EU, too, depending on the policies against illegal immigration in border countries. This paper determines optimal enforcement and amnesty policies on immigration in a two-country, two-instrument setting with international spill-overs from onward migration within a federation, taking into account the interactions between the two types of policies. Among other results we find that total enforcement spending is too low to maximize joint welfare in the federation.

Keywords: illegal immigration, enforcement, amnesty, EU cooperation

JEL Classification: F22, J61, J68

Suggested Citation

Mayr, Karin and Minter, Steffen and Krieger, Tim, Policies on Illegal Immigration in a Federation (August 12, 2011). CIE Working Paper No. 2009-05 (Revised 2011), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1408554 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1408554

Karin Mayr (Contact Author)

University of Linz - Department of Economics ( email )

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Austria

Steffen Minter

University of Paderborn - Department of Economics ( email )

Warburger Str. 100
D-33098 Paderborn
Germany

Tim Krieger

University of Freiburg - Department of Economics ( email )

University of Freiburg
Wilhelmstr. 1b
Freiburg, D-79085
Germany

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