9.6
Figure 2: Relative Asylum Burdens, 1985-99

Portugal Spain
1985 ' ' ' 1 999l 1985 ' ' ' 1999,
Czech Rep.
Greece

Netherlands

Denmark Finland


Norway

Poland

The results of the regression analysis are presented in Table 3. We find
that some historic, economic and political pull-factors have a strong
impact on the distribution of asylum applications. There is also evidence
that the relative leniency or restrictiveness of a country’s asylum policy
(expressed in the deterrence index) has a highly significant effect on the
number of applications received. However, it will be shown below that the
impact of the different policy measures that make up that index is highly
varied.
Table 3: Determinants for the Relative Number of Asylum Applications
Expected Sign |
Coef_______ |
z_________ | |
Number of Unemployed (lagged) |
- |
-.0007394 |
-7.49*** |
GDP growth (lagged) |
+ |
.0023206 |
0.12 |
Stock of Foreign Nationals (lagged) |
+ |
.0012462 |
8.20*** |
Relative ODA Payments |
+ |
1270083 |
2.88*** |
Average Distance |
- |
0.00000382 |
0.08 |
Deterrence Index |
- |
-.2266697 |
-2.56*** |
N=227; R-squared = 0.41; ***p<0.01
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