Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/96000 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2009-24
Publisher: 
Bar-Ilan University, Department of Economics, Ramat-Gan
Abstract: 
This paper presents some of the many issues involved in the granting of an amnesty to illegal immigrants. Complementing studies by Chau (2001, 2003), Karlson and Katz (2003) and Gang and Yun (2006), we consider government behavior with respect to allocations on limiting infiltration (border control) and apprehending infiltrators (internal control) and with respect to the granting of amnesties, the timing of amnesties, and limitations on eligibility for those amnesties. We demonstrate the effects of government actions on allocations and the flow of immigrants, and how the interactions between these factors combine to yield an optimal amnesty policy. We also consider two extensions - intertemporal transfers of policing funds and 'fuzziness' in declarations regarding eligibility for an amnesty aimed at apprehending and deporting undesirables.
Subjects: 
Amnesty
Immigration
Illegal Immigration
Border Controls
Internal Controls
JEL: 
J61
J68
H59
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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