TY  - GEN
AB  - A guest-worker program can be a very flexible and convenient way of meeting labor shortages in a host country, assuming that the migrants adhere to the rules of the program. This article investigates the conditions under which guest workers have sufficient incentives for voluntary return to their country of origin when their work permits expire. Should they choose to overstay, the article examines how various factors influence the optimal duration of the overstay phase of a foreign worker’s planning horizon. 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 incentives for voluntary return at the end of the contract period.
AU  - Djajić, Slobodan
AU  - Vinogradova, Alexandra
DA  - 2015
ID  - 294142
L1  - https://repository.graduateinstitute.ch/record/294142/files/CESifo%20Economic%20Studies-2015-Djaji_-764-96.pdf
L1  - https://repository.graduateinstitute.ch/record/294142/files/CESifo%20Economic%20Studies-2015-Djaji_-764-96.pdf?subformat=pdfa
L2  - https://repository.graduateinstitute.ch/record/294142/files/CESifo%20Economic%20Studies-2015-Djaji_-764-96.pdf
L2  - https://repository.graduateinstitute.ch/record/294142/files/CESifo%20Economic%20Studies-2015-Djaji_-764-96.pdf?subformat=pdfa
L4  - https://repository.graduateinstitute.ch/record/294142/files/CESifo%20Economic%20Studies-2015-Djaji_-764-96.pdf
L4  - https://repository.graduateinstitute.ch/record/294142/files/CESifo%20Economic%20Studies-2015-Djaji_-764-96.pdf?subformat=pdfa
LK  - https://repository.graduateinstitute.ch/record/294142/files/CESifo%20Economic%20Studies-2015-Djaji_-764-96.pdf
LK  - https://repository.graduateinstitute.ch/record/294142/files/CESifo%20Economic%20Studies-2015-Djaji_-764-96.pdf?subformat=pdfa
N2  - A guest-worker program can be a very flexible and convenient way of meeting labor shortages in a host country, assuming that the migrants adhere to the rules of the program. This article investigates the conditions under which guest workers have sufficient incentives for voluntary return to their country of origin when their work permits expire. Should they choose to overstay, the article examines how various factors influence the optimal duration of the overstay phase of a foreign worker’s planning horizon. 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 incentives for voluntary return at the end of the contract period.
PY  - 2015
T1  - Overstaying guest workers and the incentives for return
TI  - Overstaying guest workers and the incentives for return
UR  - https://repository.graduateinstitute.ch/record/294142/files/CESifo%20Economic%20Studies-2015-Djaji_-764-96.pdf
UR  - https://repository.graduateinstitute.ch/record/294142/files/CESifo%20Economic%20Studies-2015-Djaji_-764-96.pdf?subformat=pdfa
Y1  - 2015
ER  -