Document Type
Article
Abstract
The flow of illegal immigrants into the United States cannot be accurately measured because any successful illegal immigrations will not be detected. This paper uses an apprehensions function developed by Hanson and Spilimbergo (1999) to estimate a lower bound for illegal immigration. An OLS regression model is employed to examine the effect of relative wages and border enforcement on the number of apprehensions at the U.S.-Mexico border from 1999-2017. These results are compared with findings from Hanson and Spilimbergo (1999) who studied apprehensions from 1976-1995.
Publication Date
Spring 2019
Journal Title
Major Themes in Economics
Volume
21
Issue
1
First Page
51
Last Page
69
Copyright
©2019 by Major Themes in Economics
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Iehl, Aaron
(2019)
"The Effects of Relative Wages and Border Enforcement on Illegal Immigration,"
Major Themes in Economics, 21, 51-69.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mtie/vol21/iss1/6