Border Walls
What are the economic impacts of a border wall between the United States and Mexico? We use detailed data on bilateral ows of primarily unauthorized Mexican workers to the United States to estimate how a substantial expansion of the border wall between the United States and Mexico from 2007 to 2010 affected migration. We use these effects to estimate a general equilibrium spatial model featuring multiple labor types and quantify the economic impact of the wall expansion. At a construction cost of approximately $7 per person in the United States, we estimate that the border wall expansion harmed Mexican workers and high-skill U.S. workers, but benefited U.S. low-skill workers, who on average achieved welfare gains equivalent to an increase in per capita income of $0.28 per year.Institutional subscribers to the NBER working paper series, and residents of developing countries may download this paper without additional charge at "http://www.nber.org/papers/w25267"
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2018
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Authors: | Allen, Treb |
Other Persons: | de Castro Dobbin, Cauê (contributor) ; Morten, Melanie (contributor) |
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[2018]: [S.l.] : SSRN |
Subject: | Arbeitsmigranten | Migrant workers | Qualifikation | Occupational qualification | Grenze | Political border | Wirkungsanalyse | Impact assessment | Mexiko | Mexico |
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freely available
Extent: | 1 Online-Ressource (106 p) |
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Series: | NBER Working Paper ; No. w25267 |
Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Notes: | Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments November 2018 erstellt |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012907757