Illegal Immigration and Economic Welfare

Yoshida, Chisato

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-57693-5

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“…In order to sharpen our focus on the differences in the legal status of workers, we assume that the marginal productivity of an illegal alien is identical to that of a native worker employed in Sector I. 13 For earlier theoretical studies that model employer sanctions in a similar way, see Ethier (1986), Djajić (1997), Yoshida (2000) and Woodland and Yoshida (2006).…”

Section: Demand For Undocumented Labormentioning

confidence: 99%

Guest workers in the underground economy

Djajić

Mesnard

2015

Labour Economics

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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 AbstractGuest-worker programs have been providing rapidly growing economies with millions of temporary foreign workers over the last couple of decades. With the duration of stay strictly limited by program rules in most of the host countries and wages paid to guest workers often set at sub-market levels, many of the migrants choose to overstay and seek employment in the underground economy. This paper develops a general-equilibrium model that relates the flow of guest workers transiting to the underground economy to the rules of the program, enforcement measures of the host country and market conditions facing migrants at home and abroad.© The Authors. All rights reserved. No part of this paper may be reproduced without the permission of the authors.

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Section: Demand For Undocumented Labormentioning

confidence: 99%

Guest workers in the underground economy

Djajić

Mesnard

2015

Labour Economics

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“…3 For instance, we are only concentrating on the effects of legal immigration. Taking into account illegal immigrants could generate more negative or positive effects of immigration on native welfare (see Yoshida 2000 andYoshida &Woodland 2005 for an overview). Another important strand of the literature focuses on the impact of immigration on the welfare system (taxes and pensions) and thus the provision and distribution of welfare transfers such as unemployment benefits, as well as on the political decision making in the host country (see Boeri et al 2002;Razin & Sadka 2005;Kemnitz 2006 Longhi et al (2005) for an overview of the large cross-country and cross-study variance.…”

Section: The Impact Of Immigration On the Labour Market A Surveymentioning

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Migrants and Markets : Perspectives from Economics and the Other Social Sciences

Kolb¹,

Egbert²

2008

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A m s t e r d A m U n i v e r s i t y P r e s s Migrants and Markets Perspectives from Economics and the Other Social Sciencesholger kolb & henrik egbert (eds.) Migrants and MarketsIMISCOE is a Network of Excellence uniting over 500 researchers from various institutes that specialise in migration studies across Europe. Networks of Excellence are cooperative research ventures that were created by the European Commission to help overcome the fragmentation of international studies. They amass a crucial source of knowledge and expertise to help inform European leadership today.Since its foundation in 2004, IMISCOE has advanced an integrated, multidisciplinary and globally comparative research programme to address the themes specified in its name, short for: International Migration, Integration and Social Cohesion in Europe. IMISCOE members come from all branches of the economic and social sciences, the humanities and law. The Network draws from existing studies and advances innovative lines of inquiry key to European policymaking and governance. Priority is placed on developing a theoretical design to promote new research and offer practical alternatives for sound policy.The IMISCOE-Amsterdam University Press Series was created to make the Network's findings and results available to researchers, policymakers, the media and the public at large. High-quality manuscripts authored by IMISCOE members and cooperating partners are published in one of four distinct series.Research Reports Dissertations TextbooksThe RESEARCH series presents empirical and theoretical scholarship addressing issues of international migration, integration and social cohesion in Europe. Authored by experts in the field, the works provide a rich reference source for researchers and other concerned parties.The REPORTS series responds to needs for knowledge within IMISCOE's mandated fields of migration research. Compiled by leading specialists, the works disseminate succinct and timely information for European policymakers, practitioners and other stakeholders.The DISSERTATIONS series showcases select PhD monographs written by IMISCOE doctoral candidates. The works span an array of fields within studies of international migration, integration and social cohesion in Europe.The TEXTBOOKS series produces manuals, handbooks and other didactic tools developed by specialists in migration studies. The works are used within the IMISCOE training programme and for educational purposes by academic institutes worldwide.IMISCOE Policy Briefs and more information on the Network can be found at www.imiscoe.org. Migrants and Markets

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“…Ethier (1986aEthier ( , 1986b pioneered the new model of illegal immigration by analyzing the effect of border and internal enforcement schemes implemented by the host country. Bond and Chen (1987) extended the Ethier model to examine the impact of interior inspections by the host country's government on the welfare of the host country when capital is internationally immobile, while Yoshida (2000) analyzed the case when capital is internationally mobile. Myers and Papageorgiou (2000) derived the optimal level of border enforcement from the host country's point of view when illegal immigrants can and cannot be excluded from costly public services.…”

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Can Guest Worker Schemes Reduce Illegal Migration ?

Amin¹,

Mattoo²

2006

Policy Research Working Papers

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We analyze recent efforts at international cooperation to limit illegal migration, particularly through the use of legal migration avenues like guest worker (GW) schemes. We show that while GW schemes may be desirable in themselves as an avenue of international migration, they are an inefficient instrument to induce cooperation on illegal migration. On the one hand, GW schemes suffer from a negative selection problem relative to illegal migration, which tends to erode their attractiveness to source countries. On the other hand, GW schemes increase total (legal and illegal) migration which make them a costly compensating device for the host country. Moreover, GW schemes create additional pressure on host countries to implement tough laws against illegal immigration even when the host finds such laws per se undesirable. Thus, less favorable treatment of illegal immigrants, as in California Proposition 187, may be an inevitable rather than incidental outcome of reliance on guest worker schemes. In contrast, countries that are willing to use transfers and other forms of economic assistance to induce source countries to cooperate can afford relatively liberal treatment of illegal immigrants. JEL: J24, F22.

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Illegal Immigration and Economic Welfare

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Guest workers in the underground economy

Guest workers in the underground economy

Migrants and Markets : Perspectives from Economics and the Other Social Sciences

Can Guest Worker Schemes Reduce Illegal Migration ?

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