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dc.contributor.author | Gathmann, Christina | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2009-01-28T16:12:39Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2009-01-28T16:12:39Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2004 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/20239 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This paper analyzes how enforcement along the U.S.-Mexican border has affected themarket for migrant smugglers. Using a unique dataset that links border crossing historiesfrom illegal Mexican migrants to aggregate enforcement and punishment statistics, we findthat the effect of enforcement on smuggling prices is small. Though enforcement has morethan tripled over the past fifteen years, smuggling prices have increased by at most 30percent. Unlike estimates from illegal drugs, the demand for border smugglers is howeverprice elastic. We also show that illegal migrants have switched from heavily patrolled areas tomore remote and dangerous crossing routes. These avoidance costs are in fact three timesthe direct costs of enforcement on smuggling prices. | en |
dc.language.iso | eng | en |
dc.publisher | |aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonn | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | |aIZA Discussion Papers |x1004 | en |
dc.subject.jel | K42 | en |
dc.subject.jel | J61 | en |
dc.subject.ddc | 330 | en |
dc.subject.keyword | enforcement | en |
dc.subject.keyword | illegal migration | en |
dc.subject.keyword | Mexico | en |
dc.subject.stw | Illegale Einwanderung | en |
dc.subject.stw | Einwanderungsrecht | en |
dc.subject.stw | Rechtsdurchsetzung | en |
dc.subject.stw | Preis | en |
dc.subject.stw | Kriminalitätsökonomik | en |
dc.subject.stw | Schätzung | en |
dc.subject.stw | Grenzgebiet | en |
dc.subject.stw | Mexiko | en |
dc.subject.stw | Vereinigte Staaten | en |
dc.title | The Effects of Enforcement on Illegal Markets: Evidence from Migrant Smuggling along the Southwestern Border | - |
dc.type | Working Paper | en |
dc.identifier.ppn | 378242717 | en |
dc.rights | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | en |
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