Guest workers: Adequate incentives for voluntary return

Arbeitspapier

A guest-worker program can be a very flexible and convenient way of meeting labor shortages in a host country, assuming that the migrants obey the rules. This paper investigates the conditions under which guest workers have sufficient incentives for voluntary return to their country of origin when their work permits expire. The analysis is conducted in the context of a lenient enforcement regime that avoids deportations of undocumented aliens. It relies instead on eligibility criteria and pricing instruments, such as partial withholding of salary and an exit tax for those who overstay, to provide adequate incentives for voluntary return at the end of the contract period.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies Working Paper ; No. 13/2013

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; International Migration
• Subject: temporary migration ; overstaying ; voluntary return ; guest workers

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Djajić, Slobodan ; Vinogradova, Alexandra
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
• (where): Geneva
• (when): 2013

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/122094
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