The Rise and Fall of Asylum: What Happened and Why?
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In the last 20years, developed countries have struggled with a rising tide of asylum seekers, a trend that has now reversed. This article examines what happened and why. It surveys the trends in asylum seeking and the literature that this has generated. It provides new regression estimates of the determinants of asylum applications up to the present. The key findings are that violence and terror can account for much of the variation and that, while tougher policies did have a deterrent effect,...[Show more]
dc.contributor.author | Hatton, Timothy | |
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dc.date.accessioned | 2015-12-07T22:45:10Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0013-0133 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/25508 | |
dc.description.abstract | In the last 20years, developed countries have struggled with a rising tide of asylum seekers, a trend that has now reversed. This article examines what happened and why. It surveys the trends in asylum seeking and the literature that this has generated. It provides new regression estimates of the determinants of asylum applications up to the present. The key findings are that violence and terror can account for much of the variation and that, while tougher policies did have a deterrent effect, they account for only about a third of the decline in applications since 2001. | |
dc.publisher | Blackwell Publishing Ltd | |
dc.source | The Economic Journal | |
dc.subject | Keywords: asylum seeker; estimation method; immigration policy; regression analysis; trend analysis; violence | |
dc.title | The Rise and Fall of Asylum: What Happened and Why? | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
local.description.notes | Imported from ARIES | |
local.identifier.citationvolume | 119 | |
dc.date.issued | 2009 | |
local.identifier.absfor | 140210 - International Economics and International Finance | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | u9807482xPUB38 | |
local.type.status | Published Version | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Hatton, Timothy, College of Business and Economics, ANU | |
local.description.embargo | 2037-12-31 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.issue | February | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | F183 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | F213 | |
local.identifier.doi | 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2008.02228.x | |
dc.date.updated | 2016-02-24T12:12:52Z | |
local.identifier.scopusID | 2-s2.0-59349107057 | |
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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