therefore used amnesty programs (or similar policy changes) to establish causal relationships. In this paper, we propose a first … different residence statuses, and we then exploit a specific amnesty programme to produce causal estimates of the impact of … legal status. Our results confirm previous findings in the literature and show that the design of the specific amnesty …

This paper investigates the relationship between immigration and the size of the informal or underground economy. Using … regional variation for the Spanish provinces we find that the massive immigration wave between 2000 and 2009 is highly … substantially reduced the number of illegal workers but did not affect the relationship between immigration and informality. …

result in a large fall in immigration from EEA countries to the UK. …

therefore used amnesty programs (or similar policy changes) to establish causal relationships. In this paper, we propose a first … different residence statuses, and we then exploit a specific amnesty programme to produce causal estimates of the impact of … legal status. Our results confirm previous findings in the literature and show that the design of the specific amnesty …

. We model an immigration amnesty in which the destination country has a formal sector employing only legal immigrants, an …We review the role immigration amnesties have played in US immigration policy, placing them in the context of similar … country offering an amnesty, often in conjunction with increased border controls, internal enforcement and employer penalties …

This paper establishes a new fact about immigration policies: legalization has long-term effects on formal employment … of undocumented immigrants and their assimilation. We exploit the broad amnesty enacted in Italy in 2002 together with … regularization in the long run. Immigrants who were not eligible for the amnesty have a 14% lower probability of working in the …

This paper establishes a new fact about immigration policies: legalization has long-term effects on formal employment … of undocumented immigrants and their assimilation. We exploit the broad amnesty enacted in Italy in 2002 together with … regularization in the long run. Immigrants who were not eligible for the amnesty have a 14% lower probability of working in the …

Many immigrant destination countries face considerable pressure to change their immigration policies. One of the most … be more efficient than current ways of allocating visas, could boost the economic contribution of immigration to the …