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Minimum wages and the creation of illegal migration

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  • Gil S. Epstein

    (Bar-Ilan University, CReAM, London and IZA, Bonn)

  • Odelia (Cohen) Heizler

    (Department of Economics and Management, Tel-Aviv-Yaffo Academic College and IZA, Bonn)

Abstract

In this paper, we explore employers’ decisions regarding the employment of legal and illegal immigrants in the presence of endogenous adjustment cost, minimum wages and an enforcement budget. We show that increasing the employment of legal foreign workers will increase the number of illegal immigrants which will replace the employment of the local population and thus creating illegal migration.

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  • Gil S. Epstein & Odelia (Cohen) Heizler, 2013. "Minimum wages and the creation of illegal migration," RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series 1306, Rockwool Foundation Berlin (RF Berlin) - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM).
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    Keywords

    illegal immigration; foreign worker; minimum wages.;
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    JEL classification:

    • J3 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs
    • K42 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law

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