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Research output: Working paper
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TY - UNPB
T1 - Immigration, amnesties and the shadow economy
AU - Bracco, Emanuele
AU - Onnis, Luisanna
PY - 2016/3
Y1 - 2016/3
N2 - This paper investigates the effects of immigration and immigration amnesties on the shadow economy. We find a robust and positive relationship between the presence of immigrants and the unobserved economic activity at the local level, but the implementation of a large immigration amnesty substantially weakens this link. Our analysis exploits newly compiled datasets of Italian immigration and shadow economy estimates for the years 1995-2006, comprising a panel of local-level aggregate statistical information, and a micro-level survey of representative households. We exploit the discontinuity created by the 2002 immigration amnesty, which increased the stock of migrants by almost 50%.
AB - This paper investigates the effects of immigration and immigration amnesties on the shadow economy. We find a robust and positive relationship between the presence of immigrants and the unobserved economic activity at the local level, but the implementation of a large immigration amnesty substantially weakens this link. Our analysis exploits newly compiled datasets of Italian immigration and shadow economy estimates for the years 1995-2006, comprising a panel of local-level aggregate statistical information, and a micro-level survey of representative households. We exploit the discontinuity created by the 2002 immigration amnesty, which increased the stock of migrants by almost 50%.
KW - Shadow Economy
KW - immigration
KW - Immigration policies
KW - Amnesties
M3 - Working paper
T3 - Economics Department working paper series
BT - Immigration, amnesties and the shadow economy
PB - The Department of Economics
CY - Lancaster
ER -