International Migration and Illegal Costs : Evidence from Africa-to-Europe Smuggling Routes
The 2011 Arab Spring marked the opening of the Central Mediterranean Route for irregular border-crossings between Libya and Italy, which produced heterogeneous reductions of bilateral smuggling distances between African-European country pairs. We exploit this source of spatial and temporal variation in the length of irregular migration routes to estimate the elasticity of migration intentions for the whole African continent. We find substantial elasticities of migration intentions to reduction in distances, concentrated among young, medium-skilled individuals, those with an informative advantage (having a social network abroad/having a mobile phone) and coming from countries with weak rule of law
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[2022]
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Authors: | Friebel, Guido ; Manchin, Miriam ; Mendola, Mariapia ; Prarolo, Giovanni |
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[S.l.] : SSRN |
Subject: | Illegale Migration | Illegal immigration | Illegaler Handel | Illicit trade | Internationale Migration | International migration |
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