This paper presents a first attempt at understanding some of the many issues involved in the granting of an amnesty to … immigrants, and how the interactions between these factors combine to yield an optimal amnesty policy. We also consider various … eligibility for an amnesty aimed at apprehending and deporting undesirables. …

shows the importance of looking both at public revenue data and the labor market to understand the consequences of amnesty …

the decision to implement an immigration amnesty in the presence of a selective immigration policy. We show that two …We develop a general model of legal and illegal immigration to understand the basic tradeoffs faced by a government in … channels play an important role: an amnesty is more likely the more restricted are the occupational opportunities of …