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dc.contributor.authorBrown, J. Daviden
dc.contributor.authorHotchkiss, Julie L.en
dc.contributor.authorQuispe-Agnoli, Myriamen
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-22-
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-07T11:51:05Z-
dc.date.available2010-07-07T11:51:05Z-
dc.date.issued2009-
dc.identifier.piurn:nbn:de:101:1-2009020963en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/35372-
dc.description.abstractDo firms employing undocumented workers have a competitive advantage? Using administrative data from the state of Georgia, this paper investigates the incidence of undocumented worker employment across firms and how it affects firm survival. Firms are found to engage in herding behavior, being more likely to employ undocumented workers if competitors do. Rivals' undocumented employment harms firms' ability to survive, while firms' own undocumented employment strongly enhances their survival prospects. This suggests that firms enjoy cost savings from employing lower-paid undocumented workers at wages less than their marginal revenue product. The herding behavior and competitive effects are found to be much weaker in geographically broad product markets, where firms have the option to shift labor-intensive production out of state or abroad.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x3936en
dc.subject.jelL1en
dc.subject.jelJ23en
dc.subject.jelJ61en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordUndocumented workersen
dc.subject.keywordfirm dynamicsen
dc.subject.keywordmonopsonyen
dc.subject.keywordimmigration policyen
dc.subject.stwSchwarzarbeiten
dc.subject.stwInternationale Arbeitsmobilitäten
dc.subject.stwIllegale Einwanderungen
dc.subject.stwWettbewerbsvorteilen
dc.subject.stwWettbewerbsstrategieen
dc.subject.stwHerdenverhaltenen
dc.subject.stwTheorieen
dc.subject.stwSchätzungen
dc.titleUndocumented worker employment and firm survival-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn589812459en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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