Does border enforcement deter unauthorized immigration? The case of Mexican migration to the United States of America
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6377254 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Wayne A Cornelius (0000-0001-7173-2338), Idean Salehyan (0000-0002-7175-4796) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 139-153 |
| Publication date | 2007-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Regulation & Governance (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1748-5983 • E-ISSN: 1748-5991 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1748-5991.2007.00007.x |
| OpenAlex | W2102199094 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 59 |
| References cited | 17 |
This paper asks whether the migration decisions of unauthorized Mexican immigrants to the USA have been influenced by stronger US border enforcement efforts since 1993 that have sharply increased the physical risk and financial cost of illegal immigration. These measures were supposed to have decreased the probability of successful entry, thereby lowering the expected benefits of migration. We carried out a logistic regression analysis of data from a recent survey of 603 returned migrants and potential first‐time migrants in rural Mexico. Our findings indicate that tougher border controls have had remarkably little influence on the propensity to migrate illegally to the USA. Political restrictions on immigration are far outweighed by economic and family‐related incentives to migrate. An alternative, labor‐market approach to immigration control with higher probability of effectiveness is outlined
Business · Demographic economics · Development economics · Economics · Enforcement · Illegal immigrants · Illegal immigration · Immigration · Incentive · Logistic regression · Market economy · Political science · Politics · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Health and Trauma · Migration, Refugees, and Integration
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| Unique citing works | 59 |
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| Citations per year | 3,69 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2026 (17) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 57 |