Employer sanctions, and the welfare of native workers

Oded Stark; Marcin Jakubek

doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2012.06.008

Employer sanctions, and the welfare of native workers

Oded Stark^*, Marcin Jakubek

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

In response to the imposition of steep enough sanctions for employing illegal migrants, the firm reassigns managers from supervision of production to verification of the legality of its workforce. This impedes production efficiency, reduces wages, and hurts the native workers.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	533-536
Number of pages	4
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	117
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2012.06.008
State	Published - 2012
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Employer sanctions
Illegal migrant workers
Natives' welfare
The formation of public policy

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