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移民执法与来源国劳动力市场
Immigration Enforcement and Origin Country Labor Markets
摘要
This paper studies how increased immigration enforcement in the destination country impacts labor markets in the origin country. Using variation in Mexican migrant networks and Secure Communities (SC), a policy which expanded local immigration enforcement, I show that the deportation of Mexican migrants from the U.S. increases return migration to Mexico and decreases monthly earnings for workers there. The negative earnings effects are largest for workers most similar to return migrants in terms of their demographics, occupations, and employment types, and are consistent with increased labor market competition.
中文摘要
本文研究了目的地国家加强移民执法如何影响来源国的劳动力市场。利用墨西哥移民网络及“安全社区”（Secure Communities, SC）政策——该政策扩大了地方移民执法范围——的变异，我证明美国对墨西哥移民的驱逐增加了返回墨西哥的移民数量，并降低了当地工人的月收入。负面收入效应在那些与返回移民在人口特征、职业及就业类型上最为相似的工人中最为显著，这与劳动力市场竞争加剧的解释相一致。