highlights a need for complementary immigration and integration policies. …

We review the role immigration amnesties have played in US immigration policy, placing them in the context of similar …. We model an immigration amnesty in which the destination country has a formal sector employing only legal immigrants, an …. We study who are migrants; among migrants, who are legalized via IRCA, and who are legalized via sponsorship of family or …

decides on an immigration target and its enforcement, facing uncertainty on the supply of migrants. Illegal immigration can …This paper studies why illegal immigration is widespread. We develop a political agency model in which a politician … majority of voters have different preferences over immigration. Empirical evidence provides strong support for our predictions …

reduces both moderate and extreme violence. The reason is that a high penalty keeps relatively 'gutless' individuals from … relatively 'tough' individuals to commit moderately violent acts and so makes moderate violence more attractive for otherwise …

through which the social security system influences voter attitudes in favor of more liberal immigration regime. We …