Conceptualizing and Measuring Immigration Policies: A Comparative Perspective
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- Liv Bjerre
- WZB Berlin Social Science Center
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- Marc Helbling
- WZB Berlin Social Science Center
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- Friederike Römer
- WZB Berlin Social Science Center
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- Malisa Zobel
- WZB Berlin Social Science Center
書誌事項
- 公開日
- 2015-09
- 権利情報
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- https://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license
- DOI
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- 10.1111/imre.12100
- 公開者
- SAGE Publications
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説明
<jats:p>In the last decade, researchers have developed many innovative ideas for the construction of indices measuring immigration policies. Methodological considerations have, however, been largely absent from the discussion. To close this gap, this paper investigates the characteristics of existing indices by critically comparing and discussing them. We start by providing a definition of immigration policy which may serve as a benchmark when assessing the indices. By means of the analytical framework developed by Munck and Verkuilen (2002), which we adapt and customize for our analysis, we then evaluate the conceptualization, measurement, and aggregation, as well as the empirical scope of thirteen immigration policy indices. We discuss methodological strengths and weaknesses of the indices, how these affect the research questions that can be answered and what the next steps in index building within the field of immigration policy should be.</jats:p>
収録刊行物
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- International Migration Review
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International Migration Review 49 (3), 555-600, 2015-09
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