Labour Market Interactions Between Legal and Illegal Immigrants

Gil Epstein

No 2602, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Abstract: This paper looks at the situation of legal immigrants who employ illegal immigrants to provide them with various services. This enables the legal immigrants to allocate more time to other work, thereby increasing their earnings. Illegal immigrants employed by legal immigrants may specialize in certain professions and may themselves employ other illegal immigrants. An economy is evolving whose sole purpose is the provision of services by illegal immigrants for legal immigrants.

Keywords: Illegal migration; Legal migration; Guest workers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 K42 P16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000-11
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