The wage penalty to undocumented immigration

Borjas, George J.; Cassidy, Hugh

doi:10.1016/j.labeco.2019.101757

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“…In that case, the migrant enjoys the intertemporal value of the successful migration (the discounted ‡ow of his future income in the destination country) denoted by Y , which depends on the economic conditions in the destination country, but also on policies implemented in this country to …ght against undocumented workers and migrants (Orrenius and Zavodny, 2015;Borjas and Cassidy, 2019;Guriev et al, 2019). However, with probability (1 ) the group of migrants is caught and sent back to their country of origin.…”

Section: The Intertemporal Value Of the Candidate To Migrationmentioning

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“…Auriol and Mesnard (2016) show that a combination of tight border controls with the sale of a large number of visas would be an optimal policy, as it would at the same time limit the number of irregular migrants and prevent excessive concentration of the smuggling market (at the cost of increasing drastically the number of legal migrants). Borjas and Cassidy (2019) show that the legal restrictions on the employment of undocumented workers in the United States of America entail a penalty on the wage of the irregular migrants in the hidden segment of the labor market; similarly, Guriev et al (2019) show that, in Italy, the e¤ectiveness of immigration policies is linked to labor market regulation (see also Orrenius and Zavodny, 2015).…”

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A Matching Model of the Market for Migrant Smuggling Services

Naiditch

Vranceanu

2020

SSRN Journal

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The important ‡ows of irregular migration could not exist without the emergence of a criminal market for smuggling services. A matching model à la Pissarides (2000) provides a well-suited framework to analyze such a ‡ow market with signi…cant trade frictions. Our analysis considers the competitive segment of this underground market in which small-business smugglers can freely enter. The model allows us to determine the equilibrium number of smugglers, the matching probability, the number of successful irregular migrants and, as an original concept, the equilibrium migrant welfare. Changes in parameters can be related to the various policies implemented by destination countries to cut down irregular migration.

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Section: The Intertemporal Value Of the Candidate To Migrationmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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A Matching Model of the Market for Migrant Smuggling Services

Naiditch

Vranceanu

2020

SSRN Journal

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“…Wages that immigrants receive for their work constitute the direct contribution of immigrants to an economy (Borjas & Cassidy, 2019). According to the literature on migration, wages are usually higher for locals since they also hold more skilled jobs (Nordregio, 2013).…”

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“…We include the risk of poverty and social exclusion. Furthermore, it should be borne in mind that not all labor markets are the same and that the skills, knowledge and mobility of workers vary according to industry, sector of activity and economic situation (Borjas & Cassidy, 2019;Mihi-Ramirez et al, 2020).…”

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Migration Flows in Spain. A Push-pull Factors View

Sobieraj

Mihi-Ramírez

2020

JEPF

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The paper studies changes in migration flows from a push-pull approach. It analyses the most relevant multidisciplinary theoretical approaches and the statistical information available since the great recession on those factors that determine economic progress and well-being used by Eurostat based on the Stiglitz-Sen-Fitoussi report. Both local and foreign workers are studied. It was observed that after the great economic recession, foreign workers are one of the most vulnerable groups, for whom wages and employment have not yet recovered. This leads to a precarious living condition and a marginal impact on the economy, and also to greater pressure from this group to migrate.

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“…Borjas () and Borjas and Cassidy () propose an algorithm to distinguish between authorized and unauthorized immigrants in the ACS by examining reported citizenship, age, country of origin, date of immigration, and participation in social programs that are not available to unauthorized immigrants. However, these imputation methods are imperfect, with classification errors in both directions, and their use tends to understate the wage and earnings differentials between authorized and unauthorized immigrants by as much as 50% (Hertz ).…”

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Earnings, Wages, and Poverty Outcomes of US Farm and Low‐Skill Workers

Barham¹,

Melo²,

Hertz³

2020

Applied Eco Perspectives Pol

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The American Community Survey supports rich comparisons of welfare outcomes across low-skill workers, including the native-born and immigrants, in farm and nonfarm occupations. Evidence from 2016-17 suggests that farm and nonfarm labor markets are integrated, especially for immigrants. Although US-born workers typically earn higher wages than immigrants, in some occupations, immigrants have higher wages and/or earnings. Immigrant farmworkers receive somewhat lower wages than citizens do but work more hours and generate similar earnings. Household poverty rates are above the national average for an array of low-skill workers, especially among immigrants. The most substantial welfare difference is in health insurance access, where coverage is much higher for US-born workers. Labor market and social policy implications of these findings are explored.

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The wage penalty to undocumented immigration

Cited by 63 publications

References 21 publications

A Matching Model of the Market for Migrant Smuggling Services

A Matching Model of the Market for Migrant Smuggling Services

Migration Flows in Spain. A Push-pull Factors View

Earnings, Wages, and Poverty Outcomes of US Farm and Low‐Skill Workers

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