TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Fertig, Michael
        TI  - Evaluating Immigration Policy Potentials and Limitations
        PY  - 2002/Feb/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 437
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp437
        AB  - Based on the ideas developed in the literature on the evaluation of active labor market policy,
this paper provides a framework for the evaluation of key elements of immigration policy. To
this end, the fundamental ingredients of evaluating policy interventions are explained and the
specific case of immigration policy is analyzed. It becomes transparent that the evaluation of
the effect of immigration policy is a particularly complex task since it requires unusually
strong assumptions to hold a priori. These assumptions and possible reasons for their failure
are discussed in detail. It is clarified that any violation of these assumptions renders the
interpretation of the policy effects invalid. Finally, these insights are utilized for a critical
review of the received literature.
        KW  - Immigration policy
KW  - evaluation
KW  - identification assumptions
        ER  -