Guest workers in the underground economy

Djajić, Slobodan; Mesnard, Alice

doi:10.1016/j.labeco.2015.04.002

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“…Employers in Thailand spend long time in processing border-pass documents for migrant labors. Rules and regulations were therefore significant obstacles leading to construction delays as well as the case in Japan and Taiwan by the research of Djajić and Mesnard (2015).…”

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“…Time-consuming migrant labor document ECAM 29,4 process in England significantly contributed to loss of migrant labor working time (Janta et al, 2011). In addition, the research conducted in Taiwan, Japan and South Korea countries found time-consumed and difficult authorization process in work permit were experienced by migrant worker (Djaji c and Mesnard, 2015). As a result, migrant labors avoided this document process.…”

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The main issue working with migrant construction labor: a case study in Thailand

Kongchasing

Sua-iam

2021

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to study and prioritize the problems impacted on construction work together migrant laborers, by using the Delphi technique. The case study is construction work in Bangkok and metropolitan zones, Thailand.Design/methodology/approachThe framework of the perceived issues caused by working with migrant construction labors especially migrant construction laborers from neighboring countries were identified from literature reviews. The issue list was sent to 162 experts seeking for their opinions. Subsequently, a questionnaire was created from 58 items of suitable issue lists according to expert's opinions. The questionnaires were then submitted to 147 respondents from construction contractor companies. Their responses were calculated and prioritized by means of the Delphi techniqueFindingsThe polling data showed its constancy on the second round of survey. There were 34 out of 58 items passed consensus criteria. The issue “Foreman obtained incompetent or inadequate trained migrant labors when relocate them from/to other site or job” ranked 1st in priority ranking with the average score of 4.56. Subproblems were appropriately prioritized according to their mean scores.Practical implicationsThe results of this research were expected to facilitate construction operators in making appropriate decisions and primary solution concerning main issue factors in working with migrant labors, in order to help even more increasing competition efficiency in Thai construction industries.Originality/valueThe research provides a list of main issue occurred in the case study. These outcomes are also expected to provide important information for other case studies on the issue working with migrant construction labor.

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The main issue working with migrant construction labor: a case study in Thailand

Kongchasing

Sua-iam

2021

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“…5 In contrast, the traditional European guest-worker programs, as in France and Germany, have differed from these TFW programs in the extent that guest workers have stayed in the receiving countries for much longer than originally expected. 6 Several theoretical studies have considered optimal guest-worker policy within this context, that TFWs often choose to stay beyond the time limit set for their visas; see for instance Djajić and Milbourne (1988), Epstein et al (1999), Djajić (2013) and Djajić and Mesnard (2015). Djajić et al (2012) consider the interaction between host country and receiving country policies with a focus on skilled migration.…”

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“…Several theoretical studies have considered optimal guest‐worker policy within this context, that TFWs often choose to stay beyond the time limit set for their visas; see for instance Djajić and Milbourne (), Epstein et al. (), Djajić () and Djajić and Mesnard (). Djajić et al.…”

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Temporary foreign workers and firms: Theory and Canadian evidence

Brochu

Gross

Worswick

2020

Canadian J of Economics

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Temporary foreign worker (TFW) programs have grown considerably in size when uncapped. We develop a simple efficiency‐wage model to explain this phenomenon and examine the empirical evidence for it. We also use the model to evaluate the implications of TFW programs for domestic workers. In our framework, firms that have been unable to find domestic workers may hire TFWs at the wage previously advertised to domestic workers. Due to the lower outside option for TFWs than domestic workers, TFWs will exert more effort for the same wage. Firms would thus prefer to hire otherwise identical TFWs rather than domestic workers. Our model identifies an unintended consequence of a TFW program: since the repercussions of a failed domestic job search are less severe if a TFW may be hired instead, firms have an incentive to lower their wage offers made to domestic workers. Using Canadian data, we find that, relative to domestic workers, TFWs work longer hours, have lower rates of absenteeism and are less likely to be laid off, consistent with higher effort in our model. Moreover, for TFWs from home countries with a relatively high outside option, effort is lower than for TFWs from other countries. Résumé Travailleurs étrangers temporaires et entreprises: théorie et exemple canadien. En l’absence de plafonnement, les programmes de travailleurs étrangers temporaires (PTET) se sont considérablement développés. Afin d’expliquer ce phénomène et d’en examiner les preuves empiriques, nous avons développé un modèle simple de salaire d’efficience. Nous avons également utilisé ce modèle pour évaluer l’incidence des PTET sur les travailleurs domestiques. Dans notre cadre d’étude, les entreprises peinant à trouver une main d’œuvre locale peuvent embaucher des travailleurs étrangers temporaires au salaire préalablement proposé aux travailleurs domestiques. Compte tenu d’options extérieures plus faibles, les travailleurs étrangers temporaires déploieront davantage d’efforts pour le même salaire. Les entreprises préféreront donc embaucher des travailleurs étrangers par ailleurs identiques plutôt que des travailleurs domestiques. Notre modèle identifie une conséquence inattendue aux PTET: étant donné que les conséquences d’une recherche d’employés domestiques infructueuse sont atténuées par l’embauche de travailleurs étrangers temporaires, les entreprises sont incitées à diminuer les offres salariales proposées aux travailleurs locaux. En exploitant les données propres au Canada, nous avons découvert que les travailleurs étrangers temporaires travaillaient plus d’heures, avaient des taux d’absentéisme inférieurs et étaient moins susceptibles de se faire congédier que les travailleurs domestiques, conformément au concept d’effort accru développé dans notre modèle. En outre, pour les travailleurs étrangers temporaires originaires de pays à options extérieures relativement élevées, l’effort sera moindre que pour ceux provenant d’autres pays.

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“…More recent papers by Friebel and Guriev (2006), Djaji¢ (2013), Djaji¢ and Mesnard (2013) and Djaji¢ and Vinogradova (2013), allow for the possibility of deportation after a successful entry, although this is modeled deterministically and the option of voluntary return is not considered.…”

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Illegal immigration, deportation policy, and the optimal timing of return

Vinogradova

2016

J Popul Econ

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in AbstractCountries with strict immigration policies often resort to deportation measures to reduce their stocks of illegal immigrants. Many of their undocumented foreign workers, however, are not deported but rather choose to return home voluntarily. This paper studies the optimizing behavior of undocumented immigrants who continuously face the risk of deportation, modeled by a stochastic process, and must decide how long to remain in the host country. It is found that the presence of uncertainty with respect to the length of stay abroad unambiguously reduces the desired migration duration and may trigger a voluntary return when a permanent stay would otherwise be optimal. Voluntary return is motivated by both economic and psychological factors. Calibration of the model to match the evidence on undocumented Thai migrants in Japan suggests that the psychological impact of being abroad as an illegal alien may be equivalent to as large as a 68% cut in the consumption rate at the point of return.JEL Classication: F22, J61

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Guest workers in the underground economy

Cited by 10 publications

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The main issue working with migrant construction labor: a case study in Thailand

The main issue working with migrant construction labor: a case study in Thailand

Temporary foreign workers and firms: Theory and Canadian evidence

Illegal immigration, deportation policy, and the optimal timing of return

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