Viewing Labor as a Quasi-fixed Factor: Some Implications for the Debate on Illegal Immigration from Mexico |
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... cost explanation for the congregation . an illegal market , information is of unusual significance . A low cost way to disseminate information when mass media and public advertising are excluded is through " the grapevine . " The ...
... cost explanation for the congregation . an illegal market , information is of unusual significance . A low cost way to disseminate information when mass media and public advertising are excluded is through " the grapevine . " The ...
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... cost of using the market for illegal immigrant labor.6 Illegals must be low cost relative to citizen labor if the illegal is hired instead of the citizen , but that low cost need not be in the form of a low wage . The low cost could be ...
... cost of using the market for illegal immigrant labor.6 Illegals must be low cost relative to citizen labor if the illegal is hired instead of the citizen , but that low cost need not be in the form of a low wage . The low cost could be ...
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... low cost . In short , the comparative advantage illegals enjoy over citizen labor may include the low- fixed costs entailed by their employment . While illegals may be attractive because they are low - fixity factors relative to citizen ...
... low cost . In short , the comparative advantage illegals enjoy over citizen labor may include the low- fixed costs entailed by their employment . While illegals may be attractive because they are low - fixity factors relative to citizen ...
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