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Immigration policy index

Author(s) -

Vikhrov Dmytro

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

economics of transition

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.351

H-Index - 51

eISSN - 1468-0351

pISSN - 0967-0750

DOI - 10.1111/ecot.12115

Subject(s) - immigration , immigration policy , index (typography) , economics , demographic economics , hysteresis , political science , world wide web , computer science , law , physics , quantum mechanics

The immigration policy index is based on three types of entry visa restrictions: visa required, visa not required for short stays and visa not required. I identify country pairs which changed their visa regime during 2000–2010 and find that the weakening of visa policy is associated with a 10 percent increase in migrant stocks and a significant shift towards male and less skilled migration from policy affected source countries. In contrast, the tightening of visa policy is not related to a significant change in migrant stocks, their gender or skill composition. The result suggests the existence of immigration policy hysteresis.

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