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Undocumented Immigration and Host-Country Welfare: Competition Across Segmented Labor Markets.
- Source :
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Journal of Regional Science . Nov2005, Vol. 45 Issue 4, p777-795. 19p. - Publication Year :
- 2005
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Abstract
- In this paper's model, undocumented workers are endogenously sorted into secondary labor markets. When further illegal immigration occurs, some new migrants follow their fellows into already migrant-dominated jobs, lowering migrant wages and raising real incomes of host-country labor and capital. Some submarkets switch from employing legal workers to employing migrants, lowering demand for and wages of legal workers. Undocumented immigration is Pareto-improving when enforcement reserves primary-sector jobs for legal workers. Pareto-dominant policies target the number of migrant-dominated submarkets, not the number of migrants. This appears consistent with U.S. enforcement practices. The effects of deportations, employer sanctions, and amnesties are explored. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00224146
- Volume :
- 45
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Regional Science
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 18573900
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0022-4146.2005.00392.x