Optimal Policies to International Immigration via Two Different Types of Midstream Countries

2018 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K03676
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Economic policy
• Research Institution: Chukyo University
• Principal Investigator: Kondoh Kenji 中京大学, 経済学部, 教授 (70267897)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2019-03-31
• Keywords: 移民規制 / 国境検問 / 国内査察 / シェンゲン協定

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Employing Bond and Chen (1987) and Yoshida (1993), we study the recent trends of illegal migrants in Europe. Initially, they cross the border of marginal countries with the intention of moving within the economic bloc to find good job opportunities in more developed countries. This is facilitated by a lack of passport controls among member countries. Particularly, we focus on the optimal policies of a highly developed countries and we find one available policy that encourages a border country to enhance the level of restriction is not sustainable. On the other hand, introducing border control between border countries without any restriction will be welfare improving under certain reasonable conditions.

Free Research Field

国際労働移動

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

2015年の欧州難民危機のような新しい事態に対して、受け入れを推進したドイツのメルケル政権が動揺したように、先進世論国は大量の移民・難民の受け入れに対して否定的である。しかし反面で人道的視点から一律な入国拒否や本国送還は別の国際的な問題をもたらす。ここでの研究により、望ましい政策は入国管理の甘い国との国境管理の強化であることを示せたことで、移民・難民問題にEUないしシェンゲン協定加盟国が全体として責任をもって取り組むことの有効性が改めて理論的にも示せたことは有意義であると考える。