Tamura, Yuji (2007) Migrant smuggling. Working Paper. University of Warwick, Department of Economics, Coventry.

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Abstract

We analyze the migrant smuggling market where smugglers differ in their capacities to exploit their clients' labor in the destination. We show that when exploitation capacities are private information, the equilibrium may be characterized by adverse selection. In such a case, policies that diminish the availability of smuggling services to potential migrants inevitably raise the mean exploitation of smuggled labor.

Item Type:	Working or Discussion Paper (Working Paper)
Subjects:	K Law > K Law (General) H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Human trafficking, Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects, Smuggling, Information asymmetry, International law
Series Name:	Warwick economic research papers
Publisher:	University of Warwick, Department of Economics
Place of Publication:	Coventry
Date:	14 February 2007
Number:	No.791
Number of Pages:	46
Status:	Not Peer Reviewed
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access
Funder:	University of Warwick, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz (JKUL)
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URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/1414

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