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Illegal Immigration and Second‐best Import Tariffs

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  • Subhayu Bandyopadhyay

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A version of the small‐union Meade model is presented to analyze the illegal immigration problem in the context of import tariffs. Two possible host nation objectives are considered: (i) to control the level of illegal immigration to a given target; or (ii) to choose an illegal immigration level that maximizes national welfare. Available policy instruments are import tariffs/subsidies, border, and internal enforcement levels. The second‐best tariff on imports from the source nation (for illegal immigration) can be of either sign. It depends on the effect of the tariff on the wage rate and the pattern of substitutability in consumption. In scenario (ii), greater enforcement may be justified if it reduces labor inflow and thereby contracts the protected sector. If enforcement is too costly, tariff policy may substitute for it to exploit monopsony power in the labor market and to counter the distortionary effects of labor flows.

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  • Subhayu Bandyopadhyay, 2006. "Illegal Immigration and Second‐best Import Tariffs," Review of International Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 14(1), pages 93-103, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:reviec:v:14:y:2006:i:1:p:93-103
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9396.2006.00563.x
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    1. Subhayu Bandyopadhyay & Howard J. Wall, 2010. "Immigration and Outsourcing: A General‐Equilibrium Analysis," Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 14(3), pages 433-446, August.
    2. Subhayu Bandyopadhyay & Dustin Chambers & Jonathan Munemo, 2012. "Foreign aid, illegal immigration, and host country welfare," Working Papers 2012-007, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
    3. Subhayu Bandyopadhyay & Sudeshna Bandyopadhyay, 2006. "The role of capital mobility in illegal immigration policy," The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 15(2), pages 173-189.
    4. Subhayu Bandyopadhyay & Dustin Chambers & Jonathan Munemo, 2014. "Special Issue: Issues in Asia. Guest Editor: Laixun Zhao," Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 18(2), pages 372-385, May.
    5. Bandyopadhyay, Subhayu & Takashima, Ryo, 2005. "Trade Policy and Illegal Immigration," IZA Discussion Papers 1568, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    6. repec:bla:rdevec:v:14:y:2010:i:s1:p:433-446 is not listed on IDEAS
    7. Djajić, Slobodan & Mesnard, Alice, 2015. "Guest workers in the underground economy," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 35(C), pages 53-62.
    8. repec:wvu:wpaper:05-04 is not listed on IDEAS
    9. Kar, Saibal, 2016. "A brief review of the economics of illegal migration," MPRA Paper 103466, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    10. Chaudhuri, Sarbajit & Mukhopadhyay, Ujjaini, 2009. "Revisiting the Informal Sector: A General Equilibrium Approach," MPRA Paper 52135, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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