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Illegal Migration, Enforcement and Minimum Wage

Epstein, Gil S. - 2007

This paper examines the connection between illegal migration, minimum wages and enforcement policy. We first explore … local workers. We conclude by considering the optimal migration policy taking into consideration social welfare issues …

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The Effect of Emigration on Child Labor

Epstein, Gil S.; Kahana, Nava - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

We present a general model of child labor that incorporates the various componentspresented in the literature as explanations for its existence. Our proposal is to mitigate thephenomenon by encouraging temporary emigration...

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Migration and Culture

Epstein, Gil S. - 2010

Culture is not new to the study of migration. It has lurked beneath the surface for some time, occasionally protruding … how culture manifests itself in the migration process for three groups of actors: the migrants, those remaining in the … migration as an economic phenomenon; but what about them matters? Properly, we should be looking at the determinants of identity …

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A Political Economy of the Immigrant Assimilation : Internal Dynamics

Epstein, Gil S. - 2010

Within immigrant society different groups wish to help the migrants in different ways ﾖ immigrant societies are multi-layered and multi-dimensional. We examine the situation where there exists a foundation that has resources and that wishes to help the migrants. To do so they need migrant...

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Migrants, Ethnicity and the Welfare State

Epstein, Gil S. - 2012

A model is set up where migrants must choose a level of social traits and consumption of ethnic goods. As the consumption level of ethnic goods increases, the migrants become ever more different to the local population and are less assimilated. Less assimilation affects the reaction of the local...

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Frontier Issues of the Political Economy of Migration

Epstein, Gil S. - 2012

Migration has a strong economic impact on the sending and host countries. Since individuals and groups do not benefit … equally from migration, interest groups emerge to protect and take care of their narrow self-interests and compete for rents … generated by migration. Narrow self-interests may be present not only for interest groups but also for ruling politicians and …

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Assimilation Through Marriage

Epstein, Gil S. - 2012

During the last few decades cultural changes have been taking place in many countries due to migration. The degree to …

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Migration, Transfers and Child Labor

Dimova, Ralitza D. - 2014

We examine agricultural child labor in the context of emigration, transfers, and the ability to hire outside labor. We start by developing a theoretical background based on Basu and Van, (1998), Basu, (1999) and Epstein and Kahana (2008) and show how hiring labor from outside the household and...

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Network Formations Among Immigrants and Natives

Epstein, Gil S. - 2009

In this paper we examine possible network formations among immigrants and natives with endogenous investment. We consider a model of a network formation where the initiator of the link bears its cost while both agents benefit from it. We present the model by considering possible interactions...

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Extremism within the Family

Epstein, Gil S. - 2006

This paper considers an economic analysis of intergenerational transition of ethnic and social trait. We consider the level of social traits chosen by parents and its effect on their children's choice of ethnic and social traits when reaching adulthood. We develop a theory that suggests that...

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