Immigration, amnesties and the shadow economy

Bracco, Emanuele and Onnis, Luisanna (2016) Immigration, amnesties and the shadow economy. Working Paper. The Department of Economics, Lancaster.

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Abstract

This paper investigates the effects of immigration and immigration amnesties on the shadow economy. We find a robust and positive relationship between the presence of immigrants and the unobserved economic activity at the local level, but the implementation of a large immigration amnesty substantially weakens this link. Our analysis exploits newly compiled datasets of Italian immigration and shadow economy estimates for the years 1995-2006, comprising a panel of local-level aggregate statistical information, and a micro-level survey of representative households. We exploit the discontinuity created by the 2002 immigration amnesty, which increased the stock of migrants by almost 50%.

Item Type:
Monograph (Working Paper)
Subjects:
?? shadow economyimmigrationimmigration policiesamnestiesh26j61k37 ??
ID Code:
78468
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Deposited On:
04 Mar 2016 13:30
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No
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31 Dec 2023 01:27