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Yearly quotas and country-reserved shares in Italian immigration policy

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  • Paolo Cuttitta

    (Università degli Studi di Palermo, Dipartimento studi su Politica, Diritto e Società, Piazza Bologni, 8, 90134 Palermo, Italy.)

Abstract

Regular immigration to Italy is based on a quota system settingannual ceilings to legal entries. Reserved shares aregranted to single countries or categories of countries. Reservedshares have been increased; they are used as an incentiveto obtain the cooperation of countries of origin instemming irregular migration flows. The total quota of regularimmigration has gradually increased too. Still, it does notfully respond to the growing demand of foreign workers onthe labour market, and quotas seem to be used as cryptoregularisationsrather than as an instrument for regulatinglegal entries.

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  • Paolo Cuttitta, 2008. "Yearly quotas and country-reserved shares in Italian immigration policy," Migration Letters, Migration Letters, vol. 5(1), pages 41-51, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:mig:journl:v:5:y:2008:i:1:p:41-51
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    1. Paolo Pinotti, 2017. "Clicking on Heaven's Door: The Effect of Immigrant Legalization on Crime," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 107(1), pages 138-168, January.

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