The economics of illegal immigration

1. Introduction 1.1. Introduction 1.2. Illegal immigration : an overview 1.3. US immigration laws & policies 1.4. Immigration policy in EU 1.5. The economic effects of immigration 1.6. Theoretical analyses of illegal immigration 1.7. Outline pt. I. The welfare effects of illegal immigration 2. The global welfare effects of illegal immigration in the absence of capital mobility 2.1. Introduction 2.2. The basic model and main results 2.2.1. Factor market equilibrium 2.2.2. Welfare effects 2.3. Concluding remarks Mathematical appendix 3. The global welfare effects of illegal immigration in the presence of capital mobility 3.1. Introduction 3.2. The basic model and main results 3.2.1. Factor market equilibrium 3.2.2. Welfare effects 3.3. Concluding remarks Mathematical appendix 4. The welfare effects of border patrol on illegal immigration 4.1. Introduction 4.2. The basic model and main results 4.2.1. Factor market equilibrium 4.2.2. Welfare effects 4.3. Capital mobility 4.3.1. Factor market equilibrium 4.3.2. Welfare effects 4.4. Concluding remarks 5. The welfare effects of financing the internal enforcement of illegal immigration 5.1. Introduction 5.2. The basic model 5.2.1. Factor market equilibrium 5.2.2. Government budget constraint 5.3. Welfare effects 5.4. Capital mobility 5.4.1. Factor market equilibrium 5.4.2. Government budget constraint 5.5. Welfare effects 5.6. Concluding remarks pt. I. Final conclusion

pt. II. The optimal enforcement of employer sanctions

6. The optimal enforcement of immigration law

6.1. Introduction

6.2. The basic model

6.3. The welfare analysis of internal enforcement

6.4. International capital mobility

6.5. Optimal enforcement

6.6. Conclusion

7. The optimal enforcement of a finance-constrained immigration law

7.1. Introduction

7.2. The basic model

7.3. Government budget constraint

7.4. A welfare analysis on interior inspections

7.5. International capital mobility

7.6. Optimal enforcement

7.7. Conclusion

pt. II. Final conclusion

pt. III. The welfare effects of a profit-sharing policy

8. Unemployment, international migration and profit-sharing

8.1. Introduction

8.2. The basic model

8.2.1. The domestic and foreign economies

8.2.2. Welfare effects

8.3. Capital mobility

8.3.1. Effects of a profit-sharing scheme

8.3.2. Welfare effects

8.4. Concluding remarks

Appendix

9. International migration, profit-sharing and national welfare

9.1. Introduction

9.2. The basic model

9.3. Capital mobility

9.4. Concluding remarks

Appendix

10. Can a profit-sharing scheme remedy large scale unemployment in a less developed country?

10.1. Introduction

10.2. The basic model

10.3. Welfare effect

10.4. Concluding remarks.