Exchange rates and immigration policy
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Abstract What explains cross-national and temporal variations in migrant rights? This article argues that policymakers implement more exclusionary or inclusive policies toward migrants response to exchange-rate fluctuations. Since exchange rates affect the real value of remittances, depreciation host state’s currency makes migration less valuable for existing potential migrants, while appreciation increases degree pressure on state by doing opposite. well-documented relationship between rate valuation movements affects how country governments craft immigration policy. Under depreciation, will deter “exit” maintain a stable supply labor. appreciation, increased pressures heighten public anxiety over country, turn causing restrict further implementing policies. Consistent with argument, empirical results show purchasing-power-parity (PPP) values migrants’ home countries are positively correlated pro-migrant countries.
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عنوان ژورنال: Comparative Migration Studies
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2214-8590', '2214-594X']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-021-00228-2