Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/89882 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 7728
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Fatalities from illegal immigration from Africa is an important issue, representing a major challenge for both major migrant sending and receiving countries. Nonetheless, almost nothing is known about how the illegal migration intentions of potential migrants are formed. This paper aims to explain the factors behind the formation of these intentions to migrate illegally by using an original survey among urban Senegalese individuals. Remarkably, the results show that potential illegal migrants are willing to accept a substantial risk of death (25% at the median). Furthermore, the paper also finds that the price of illegal migration, migrant networks and high expectations play important roles in the decision to illegally migrate. Moreover, I find that, contrary to conventional thinking, stricter immigration policies deter potential legal migrants more than potential illegal migrants.
Subjects: 
illegal migration
intentions
Senegal
JEL: 
F22
O15
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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