Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/295958 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 16935
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We analyze the externalities arising from a bilateral asylum policy - the list of safe origin countries - relying on a tractable model. Using self-collected monthly data, we estimate that including one origin country on the safe list of a given destination decreases asylum applications from that origin to that destination by 29%. We use a counterfactual policy simulation to quantify the spillover effects occurring across origin and destination countries. Individuals from targeted origin countries move to alternative destinations. Individuals from untargeted origins divert from alternative destinations. The magnitude of the externalities depends on the size of the affected flows.
Subjects: 
migration
asylum seekers
asylum policy
safe origin country
refugee
JEL: 
F22
K37
J61
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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