Data and Code for: "Border Fencing, Migrant Flows, and Crossing Deaths"

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Cynthia Bansak, St. Lawrence University; Abigail Hall Blanco, Bellarmine University; Michael Coon, University of Tampa

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Project Citation:

Bansak, Cynthia, Hall Blanco, Abigail, and Coon, Michael. Data and Code for: “Border Fencing, Migrant Flows, and Crossing Deaths.” Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2022. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2022-04-27. https://doi.org/10.3886/E160201V1

Project Description

Summary: Using data from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection and novel data on border fencing, we examine how the construction of border fencing under the Secure Fence Act influenced crossing decisions and the likelihood of migrant deaths. Apprehension data suggests that fence construction induced migrants to cross in unfenced sectors. Meanwhile, the average death rate rose nearly threefold in the sectors where the fence was not built. These results support our hypotheses that fence construction induced some migrants to cross in unfenced sectors, while others were diverted to cross in more dangerous locations within fenced sectors.

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      J15 Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
      J61 Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
      K37 Immigration Law
      O15 Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration

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