Would Mexican Migrants be Willing to Guarantee Americans a Basic Income?

Would Mexican Migrants be Willing to Guarantee Americans a Basic Income?

The paper simulates a double-sided competitive market in temporary work permits between the U.S. and Mexico. Eligible working-age Americans would have the option of renting out their implicit work permits while Mexican workers have remunerative new...

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Main Authors: Lokshin, Michael, Ravallion, Martin
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
Subjects:
MIGRANT LABOR
TAXATION
WORK PERMIT
SOCIAL PROTECTION
POVERTY
MIGRATION
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/591051624330477502/Would-Mexican-Migrants-be-Willing-to-Guarantee-Americans-a-Basic-Income
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spelling okr-10986-358282021-06-25T05:10:42Z Would Mexican Migrants be Willing to Guarantee Americans a Basic Income? Lokshin, Michael Ravallion, Martin MIGRANT LABOR TAXATION WORK PERMIT SOCIAL PROTECTION POVERTY MIGRATION The paper simulates a double-sided competitive market in temporary work permits between the U.S. and Mexico. Eligible working-age Americans would have the option of renting out their implicit work permits while Mexican workers have remunerative new opportunities. With plausible allowances for migration costs, the market can support a self-financed and self-targeted basic income for Americans and lower their poverty rate. With sufficiently high tax rates on work permits, the scheme can be managed to avoid a large increase in the count of total migrants compared to now. The likely change in the skill composition of migrants would raise U.S. GDP. 2021-06-24T15:20:42Z 2021-06-24T15:20:42Z 2021-06 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/591051624330477502/Would-Mexican-Migrants-be-Willing-to-Guarantee-Americans-a-Basic-Income http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35828 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9708 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Latin America & Caribbean Mexico United States
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topic MIGRANT LABOR
TAXATION
WORK PERMIT
SOCIAL PROTECTION
POVERTY
MIGRATION
spellingShingle MIGRANT LABOR
TAXATION
WORK PERMIT
SOCIAL PROTECTION
POVERTY
MIGRATION
Lokshin, Michael
Ravallion, Martin
Would Mexican Migrants be Willing to Guarantee Americans a Basic Income?
geographic_facet Latin America & Caribbean
Mexico
United States
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9708
description The paper simulates a double-sided competitive market in temporary work permits between the U.S. and Mexico. Eligible working-age Americans would have the option of renting out their implicit work permits while Mexican workers have remunerative new opportunities. With plausible allowances for migration costs, the market can support a self-financed and self-targeted basic income for Americans and lower their poverty rate. With sufficiently high tax rates on work permits, the scheme can be managed to avoid a large increase in the count of total migrants compared to now. The likely change in the skill composition of migrants would raise U.S. GDP.
format Working Paper
author Lokshin, Michael
Ravallion, Martin
author_facet Lokshin, Michael
Ravallion, Martin
author_sort Lokshin, Michael
title Would Mexican Migrants be Willing to Guarantee Americans a Basic Income?
title_short Would Mexican Migrants be Willing to Guarantee Americans a Basic Income?
title_full Would Mexican Migrants be Willing to Guarantee Americans a Basic Income?
title_fullStr Would Mexican Migrants be Willing to Guarantee Americans a Basic Income?
title_full_unstemmed Would Mexican Migrants be Willing to Guarantee Americans a Basic Income?
title_sort would mexican migrants be willing to guarantee americans a basic income?
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2021
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/591051624330477502/Would-Mexican-Migrants-be-Willing-to-Guarantee-Americans-a-Basic-Income
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