Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/201451 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2018:13
Publisher: 
Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy (IFAU), Uppsala
Abstract: 
We evaluate the importance of spillover effects of national migration policies by estimating the effect of stricter rules on family reunification in Denmark in 2002 on migration to neighboring countries. We reach two main conclusions. First, we show that stricter rules for reunification lead to a clear and significant increase in emigration of Danish citizens with immigrant background. Most of the emigrants left Denmark for Sweden, a neighboring country in which reunification was possible. Second, we demonstrate that a significant fraction of the individuals that came to Sweden to reunite with a partner left the country again; within two (eight) years around 20% (50%) had left, with the absolute majority leaving for Denmark. Our results indicate that potential spillover effects from national migration policies should be taken into account when forming migration policy.
Subjects: 
Migration Policy
family reunification
international migration
spillover effects
JEL: 
F22
J12
J15
K37
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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