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The Unintended Consequences of Deportations: Evidence from Firm Behavior in El Salvador

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dc.contributor.authorBandiera, Antonella
dc.contributor.authorDinarte, Lelys
dc.contributor.authorRozo, Sandra V.
dc.contributor.authorSchmidt-Padilla, Carlos
dc.contributor.authorSviatschi, María Micaela
dc.contributor.authorWinkler, Hernan
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-28T15:22:33Z
dc.date.available2021-01-28T15:22:33Z
dc.date.issued2021-01
dc.description.abstractCan repatriation inflows impact firm behavior in origin countries? This paper examines this question in the context of repatriation inflows from the United States and Mexico to El Salvador. The paper combines a rich longitudinal data set covering all formal firms in El Salvador with individual-level data on all registered repatriations from 2010 to 2017. The empirical strategy combines variation in the municipality of birth of individuals repatriated over 1995-2002—before a significant change in deportation policies—with annual variation in aggregate inflows of repatriations to El Salvador. The findings show that repatriations have large negative effects on the average wages of formal workers. This is mainly driven by formal firms in sectors that face more intense competition from the informal sector, which deportees are more likely to join. Repatriation inflows also reduce total employment among formal firms in those sectors. Given that most deportees spend less than a month abroad, these findings suggest that the experience of being detained and deported can have strong negative effects not only on the deportees, but also on their receiving communities.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/488291611240337342/The-Unintended-Consequences-of-Deportations-Evidence-from-Firm-Behavior-in-El-Salvador
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9521
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/35068
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 9521
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectDEPORTATION
dc.subjectFIRM BEHAVIOR
dc.subjectINFORMALITY
dc.subjectINFORMAL SECTOR
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.subjectLABOR COSTS
dc.subjectLABOR SUPPLY
dc.subjectMIGRATION
dc.titleThe Unintended Consequences of Deportationsen
dc.title.subtitleEvidence from Firm Behavior in El Salvadoren
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okr.crossref.titleThe Unintended Consequences of Deportations: Evidence from Firm Behavior in El Salvador
okr.date.disclosure2021-01-21
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T11:51:52.745999Z
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okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/488291611240337342/The-Unintended-Consequences-of-Deportations-Evidence-from-Firm-Behavior-in-El-Salvador
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okr.region.administrativeLatin America & Caribbean
okr.region.countryEl Salvador
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okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Migration and Development
okr.topicPrivate Sector Development::Private Sector Economics
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Employment and Unemployment
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Policies
okr.unitPoverty and Equity Global Practice; and the Development Research Group, Development Economics
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