title: On financing the internal enforcement of illegal immigration policies.
abstract: "We introduce a government budget constraint into an illegal immigration model, and show that the effect of increasing internal enforcement of immigration laws on the host country's disposable national income depends on the mix of employer fines and income taxation used to finance the added enforcement. These issues are addressed under alternative assumptions about (a) the ability of host country employers to discern between legal and illegal workers, and (b) host country labor market conditions. Empirical evidence for the United States indicates that the employer sanctions program may have had a negative impact on disposable national income."
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Bucci
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tenorio
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D005376:Financial Management; D006280:Health Workforce; D007182:Income; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011640:Public Policy; D012106:Research; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014481:United States
keywords: Americas; Demographic Factors; Destination; Developed Countries; Economic Factors; Financial Activities; Human Resources; Illegal Migrants; Income--determinants; Labor Force; Legislation; Migrant Workers; Migrants; Migration; Migration Policy--cost; Models, Theoretical; North America; Northern America; Policy; Population; Population Dynamics; Population Policy; Research Methodology; Social Policy; Socioeconomic Factors; United States