measuring immigration policies: the impic database
measuring immigration policies: the impic database
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DOI：
10.1057/eps.2016.4
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发表时间：
2017-03-01
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2
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Zobel, Malisa
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作者：
Helbling, Marc;Bjerre, Liv;Zobel, Malisa
尽管人们对移民问题越来越感兴趣，但仍然不可能系统地分析不同时期和大量国家的移民政策。迄今为止，该领域的大多数研究都集中在个别案例上。最近，有一系列研究提出了允许进行大 N 分析的政策指数。然而，这些研究似乎并没有总是充分解决指数构建的主要挑战，即概念化、测量和汇总。此外，它们大多局限于个别政策领域，或者在覆盖的国家数量和年份之间进行权衡。本文的目的是介绍移民政策比较 (IMPIC) 项目，该项目提出了一种新的、全面的方法来衡量移民法规。该数据集涵盖了 1980 年至 2010 年间 33 个 OECD 国家移民政策的所有主要领域和维度。本文讨论了移民政策的概念化方式、政策的衡量和汇总方式，并展示了这样一个新数据集的潜力。
Despite a growing interest in migration questions, it is still not possible to systematically analyse immigration policies across time and a large number of countries. Most studies in this field have heretofore focussed on individual cases. Recently, there have been a series of studies that have proposed policy indices that allow for large-N analyses. It appears, however, that these studies have not always adequately addressed the main challenges of index building, that is, conceptualisation, measurement and aggregation. Moreover, they are for the most part limited to individual policy fields or there is a trade-off between the number of countries and years that are covered. The aim of this article is to present the Immigration Policies in Comparison (IMPIC) project, which proposes a new and comprehensive way to measure immigration regulations. The data set covers all major fields and dimensions of immigration policies for thirty-three OECD countries between 1980 and 2010. This article discusses the way immigration policies have been conceptualised, how policies have been measured and aggregated and demonstrates the potential of such a new data set.