Understanding the effects of granting work permits to undocumented immigrants
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- dc.contributor.author Monràs, Joan
- dc.contributor.author Vázquez-Grenno, Javier
- dc.contributor.author Elias, Ferran
- dc.contributor.other Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Departament d'Economia i Empresa
- dc.date.accessioned 2024-11-14T10:09:58Z
- dc.date.available 2024-11-14T10:09:58Z
- dc.date.issued 2020-12-18
- dc.date.modified 2024-11-14T10:07:32Z
- dc.description.abstract This paper studies the legalization of 600,000 non-EU immigrants by the unexpectedly elected Spanish government following the terrorist attacks of 2004. By comparing non-EU to EU immigrants we first estimate that the policy did not lead to magnet effects. We then show that the policy change increased labor market opportunities for immigrants by allowing them to enter sectors of the economy with fewer informal employment. We rely on cross-province comparisons to document that payroll-tax revenues increased by around 4,000 euros per legalized immigrant, and the heterogeneous effect of the policy on various groups of workers. We provide a theoretical framework based on monopsonistic competition to guide our empirical work and interpret our findings.
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- dc.identifier https://econ-papers.upf.edu/ca/paper.php?id=1762
- dc.identifier.citation
- dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/68658
- dc.language.iso eng
- dc.relation.ispartofseries Economics and Business Working Papers Series; 1762
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- dc.subject.keyword immigration
- dc.subject.keyword undocumented immigrants
- dc.subject.keyword public policy evaluation
- dc.title Understanding the effects of granting work permits to undocumented immigrants
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- dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaper