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US immigration policies and dynamics of cross‐border workforce in agriculture

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  • Stephen Devadoss
  • Jeff Luckstead

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Given the contentious debate on immigration, this study develops a dynamic model to analyse the effects of stricter border and domestic enforcement and streamlining the guest‐worker programme on cross‐border migration from Mexico, employment and production in US labour‐intensive and Mexican agriculture and the US and Mexican wage rates. The model incorporates labour‐leisure decisions of Mexican workers and labour market dynamics and linkages. The findings show stricter border and domestic controls exacerbate the labour‐shortage problems and reduce the US agricultural production. Streamlining the guest‐worker programme provides a steady supply of farm workers and has negligible impact on the US wage.

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  • Stephen Devadoss & Jeff Luckstead, 2018. "US immigration policies and dynamics of cross‐border workforce in agriculture," The World Economy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 41(9), pages 2389-2413, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:worlde:v:41:y:2018:i:9:p:2389-2413
    DOI: 10.1111/twec.12684
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