Employer sanctions, and the welfare of native workers

Oded Stark and Marcin Jakubek

Economics Letters, 2012, vol. 117, issue 3, 533-536

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.

Keywords: Employer sanctions; Illegal migrant workers; Natives’ welfare; The formation of public policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D21 I38 J21 J61 K31 L51 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2012.06.008

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