C Ambrosius
Biographic Data
| ID | 58748 |
|---|---|
| NAME | C Ambrosius |
| GIVEN NAMES | C |
| FAMILY NAME | Ambrosius |
| SIGNATURE | AMBROSIUS C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Freie Universität Berlin |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2082-6822 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 46 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Cross-Country Variation in Deportation Risk: Stylized Facts and a Research Agenda
While considerable effort has been devoted to measuring international migration and improving data on migrant remittances, comparable information on deportation and forced return remains fragmented across countries. To address this gap, we assembled administrative data from official governmental statistics in deporting countries and complemented them, where necessary, with information obtained through freedom-of-information requests. The resultin…
A Deportation Boomerang? Evidence From U.S. Removals to Latin America and the Caribbean
The forced return of migrants is an important part of migration policy toolkits. An increased risk of deportation, politicians argue, will deter subsequent irregular migration. We explore this argument for the case of forced removals from the United States and find that rather than operating as a deterrent for future migrants, this policy had a boomerang effect. The forced return of migrants with a track record of crime generated negative externa…
Violent Crime and the Long Shadow of Immigration Enforcement
This research highlights a neglected paradox of migration policies: whereas narratives on migrants as a security threat in their countries of destination find little support in empirical studies, forcing migrants to return may increase violence and crime back home. Using migrants’ exposure to deportation threats at destination as an exogenous source of identification, this paper traces the long shadow of immigration enforcement on violent crime i…
Forced returns fuel anti‐Americanism: Evidence from U.S. deportations to Latin America
In the last two decades, forced removals have been the main feature of U.S. migration policy toward Latin America. In this research, we explore whether this policy has had implications in terms of Latin Americans’ public opinion toward their northern neighbor. We argue that deportations breed anti‐Americanism by cutting off the flow of information and money associated with emigration, which has proven to be a source of better dispositions toward …
Migrant Remittances During a Global Shock: Evidence From the Covid-19 Pandemic in Mexico
During a global shock two forces act upon international remittances in opposite directions: income losses among migrants may reduce their ability to send remittances and, at the same time, migrants’ concern for their family's wellbeing may prompt them to send more remittances back home. Which of these drivers prevail is an empirical matter. We assemble quarterly data at the subnational level in Mexico to study the behavior of remittances during t…
Deportations and the transnational roots of gang violence in Central America
Exporting Murder: US Deportations and the Spread of Violence
Existing literature on cross-national variation in violence has paid little attention to the transnational transmission of crime. One such channel is the forced return of migrants with a penal record in their country of temporary residence. Responding to this research gap, we study the effect of US deportations of convicts on levels of violent crime in deportees’ country of origin for a cross-country panel of up to 123 countries covering the year…
Return migration, crime, and electoral engagement in Mexico
Remittances and the Use of Formal and Informal Financial Services
Are Remittances a Substitute for Credit? Carrying the Financial Burden of Health Shocks in National and Transnational Households
Remittances and the Use of Formal and Informal Financial Services
Are Remittances a Substitute for Credit? Carrying the Financial Burden of Health Shocks in National and Transnational Households
Exporting Murder: US Deportations and the Spread of Violence
Existing literature on cross-national variation in violence has paid little attention to the transnational transmission of crime. One such channel is the forced return of migrants with a penal record in their country of temporary residence. Responding to this research gap, we study the effect of US deportations of convicts on levels of violent crime in deportees’ country of origin for a cross-country panel of up to 123 countries covering the year…
Deportations and the transnational roots of gang violence in Central America
Return migration, crime, and electoral engagement in Mexico
Violent Crime and the Long Shadow of Immigration Enforcement
This research highlights a neglected paradox of migration policies: whereas narratives on migrants as a security threat in their countries of destination find little support in empirical studies, forcing migrants to return may increase violence and crime back home. Using migrants’ exposure to deportation threats at destination as an exogenous source of identification, this paper traces the long shadow of immigration enforcement on violent crime i…
Are Remittances a Substitute for Credit? Carrying the Financial Burden of Health Shocks in National and Transnational Households
Remittances and the Use of Formal and Informal Financial Services
Exporting Murder: US Deportations and the Spread of Violence
Existing literature on cross-national variation in violence has paid little attention to the transnational transmission of crime. One such channel is the forced return of migrants with a penal record in their country of temporary residence. Responding to this research gap, we study the effect of US deportations of convicts on levels of violent crime in deportees’ country of origin for a cross-country panel of up to 123 countries covering the year…
Return migration, crime, and electoral engagement in Mexico
Deportations and the transnational roots of gang violence in Central America
Migrant Remittances During a Global Shock: Evidence From the Covid-19 Pandemic in Mexico
During a global shock two forces act upon international remittances in opposite directions: income losses among migrants may reduce their ability to send remittances and, at the same time, migrants’ concern for their family's wellbeing may prompt them to send more remittances back home. Which of these drivers prevail is an empirical matter. We assemble quarterly data at the subnational level in Mexico to study the behavior of remittances during t…
Violent Crime and the Long Shadow of Immigration Enforcement
This research highlights a neglected paradox of migration policies: whereas narratives on migrants as a security threat in their countries of destination find little support in empirical studies, forcing migrants to return may increase violence and crime back home. Using migrants’ exposure to deportation threats at destination as an exogenous source of identification, this paper traces the long shadow of immigration enforcement on violent crime i…
Forced returns fuel anti‐Americanism: Evidence from U.S. deportations to Latin America
In the last two decades, forced removals have been the main feature of U.S. migration policy toward Latin America. In this research, we explore whether this policy has had implications in terms of Latin Americans’ public opinion toward their northern neighbor. We argue that deportations breed anti‐Americanism by cutting off the flow of information and money associated with emigration, which has proven to be a source of better dispositions toward …
A Deportation Boomerang? Evidence From U.S. Removals to Latin America and the Caribbean
The forced return of migrants is an important part of migration policy toolkits. An increased risk of deportation, politicians argue, will deter subsequent irregular migration. We explore this argument for the case of forced removals from the United States and find that rather than operating as a deterrent for future migrants, this policy had a boomerang effect. The forced return of migrants with a track record of crime generated negative externa…
Cross-Country Variation in Deportation Risk: Stylized Facts and a Research Agenda
While considerable effort has been devoted to measuring international migration and improving data on migrant remittances, comparable information on deportation and forced return remains fragmented across countries. To address this gap, we assembled administrative data from official governmental statistics in deporting countries and complemented them, where necessary, with information obtained through freedom-of-information requests. The resultin…
Migration and Labor Dynamics (8 works) · Demographic economics (6 works) · Economics (6 works) · Immigration (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Deportation (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (3 works) · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (3 works)