Comparing Immigration Policies: An Overview from the IMPALADatabase 1

This paper introduces a method and preliminary findings from a database thatsystematically measures the character and stringency of immigration policies.Based on the selection of that data for nine countries between 1999 and 2008, wechallenge the idea that any one country is systematically the most...

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Published in:The International migration review 2016-12, Vol.50 (4), p.827-863
Main Authors: Beine, Michel, Boucher, Anna, Burgoon, Brian, Crock, Mary, Gest, Justin, Hiscox, Michael, McGovern, Patrick, Rapoport Hillel, Schaper Joep, Thielemann Eiko
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Data
Immigration
Immigration policy
Migrant workers
Migrants
Migration patterns
Policies
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Summary:This paper introduces a method and preliminary findings from a database thatsystematically measures the character and stringency of immigration policies.Based on the selection of that data for nine countries between 1999 and 2008, wechallenge the idea that any one country is systematically the most or leastrestrictive toward admissions. The data also reveal trends toward more complexand, often, more restrictive regulation since the 1990s, as well as differentialtreatment of groups, such as lower requirements for highly skilled thanlow-skilled labor migrants. These patterns illustrate the IMPALA data andmethods but are also of intrinsic importance to understanding immigrationregulation.
ISSN:0197-9183
1747-7379
DOI:10.1111/imre.12169