Affiliation:
1. University of Luxembourg
2. University of Sydney
3. University of Amsterdam
4. Geroge Mason University
5. Harvard University
6. London School of Economics
7. Paris School of Economics
Abstract
This paper introduces a method and preliminary findings from a database that systematically measures the character and stringency of immigration policies. Based on the selection of that data for nine countries between 1999 and 2008, we challenge the idea that any one country is systematically the most or least restrictive toward admissions. The data also reveal trends toward more complex and, often, more restrictive regulation since the 1990s, as well as differential treatment of groups, such as lower requirements for highly skilled than low-skilled labor migrants. These patterns illustrate the IMPALA data and methods but are also of intrinsic importance to understanding immigration regulation.
Funder
Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR)
Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship
Australian Research Council
Barrow Cadbury Trust
European Union FP 7: PEGGED
Harvard Weatherhead Institute
Ian Potter Foundation
LSE (STICERD)
Madrid Centro Interncional de Estudios Economicos y Sociales
National Research Fund of Luxembourg
The British Academy
University of Sydney School of Social and Political Science and Faculty of Law
Subject
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous),Demography
Cited by
103 articles.
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