Queuing to leave: A new approach to immigration

This paper uses queuing theory to examine the linkages between legal and illegal immigration. This approach is particularly appropriate for periods of mass migration and can be used to look at how the magnitude of people trying to migrate affects the choice between legal and illegal channels. An emp...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:95ecfa7ad8c14c88a659b74b24ed3f272021-12-05T14:11:07ZQueuing to leave: A new approach to immigration2520-178610.2478/izajodm-2021-0007https://doaj.org/article/95ecfa7ad8c14c88a659b74b24ed3f272021-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.2478/izajodm-2021-0007https://doaj.org/toc/2520-1786This paper uses queuing theory to examine the linkages between legal and illegal immigration. This approach is particularly appropriate for periods of mass migration and can be used to look at how the magnitude of people trying to migrate affects the choice between legal and illegal channels. An empirical illustration shows how origin-country conflict and past migration differently affect current legal and illegal flows. With data for Schengen countries from Eurostat for documented immigration and the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union (Frontex) for illegal border crossings (IBCs), I implement a generalized method of moments (GMM) strategy using different estimates of conflict-related deaths and lagged flows of immigration as external and internal instruments, respectively. Violent conflict has a positive and significant effect on IBCs but not on documented migration flows. I find evidence of positive spillovers from the legal channel of immigration into the illegal channel but not vice versa.Sarma NayantaraSciendoarticleimmigrationqueuing theoryconflictf22f51c6Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migrationJV1-9480City population. Including children in cities, immigrationHT201-221ENIZA Journal of Development and Migration, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 242-262 (2021)
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topic immigration
queuing theory
conflict
f22
f51
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Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration
JV1-9480
City population. Including children in cities, immigration
HT201-221
spellingShingle immigration
queuing theory
conflict
f22
f51
c6
Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration
JV1-9480
City population. Including children in cities, immigration
HT201-221
Sarma Nayantara
Queuing to leave: A new approach to immigration
description This paper uses queuing theory to examine the linkages between legal and illegal immigration. This approach is particularly appropriate for periods of mass migration and can be used to look at how the magnitude of people trying to migrate affects the choice between legal and illegal channels. An empirical illustration shows how origin-country conflict and past migration differently affect current legal and illegal flows. With data for Schengen countries from Eurostat for documented immigration and the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union (Frontex) for illegal border crossings (IBCs), I implement a generalized method of moments (GMM) strategy using different estimates of conflict-related deaths and lagged flows of immigration as external and internal instruments, respectively. Violent conflict has a positive and significant effect on IBCs but not on documented migration flows. I find evidence of positive spillovers from the legal channel of immigration into the illegal channel but not vice versa.
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title Queuing to leave: A new approach to immigration
title_short Queuing to leave: A new approach to immigration
title_full Queuing to leave: A new approach to immigration
title_fullStr Queuing to leave: A new approach to immigration
title_full_unstemmed Queuing to leave: A new approach to immigration
title_sort queuing to leave: a new approach to immigration
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