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

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  • Lokshin,Michael M.
  • Ravallion,Martin

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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.

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  • Lokshin,Michael M. & Ravallion,Martin, 2021. "Would Mexican Migrants be Willing to Guarantee Americans a Basic Income ?," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9708, The World Bank.
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