The deterrence effect of immigration enforcement in transit countries: Evidence from Central American deportees
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Keywords
immigration enforcement; deportees; Central American migrants; unauthorized; undocumented; remigration; transit countries;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration
- K42 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
- K37 - Law and Economics - - Other Substantive Areas of Law - - - Immigration Law
- O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEV-2018-05-21 (Development)
- NEP-INT-2018-05-21 (International Trade)
- NEP-MIG-2018-05-21 (Economics of Human Migration)
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