Workers have the right to take up any job offer in their country of citizenship but not to rent out that right. This paper shows that relaxing this restriction using a two-sided competitive market in work permits can provide a basic income guarantee for workers in migration-destination countries, financed by selling temporary work permits to migrant workers. Regulating the market by imposing a tax on work permits narrows the set of beneficiaries...
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2025/01/07
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Policy Research Working Paper
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WPS11017
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2025/01/07
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Migrants as Social Protection ? Simulations of a Market for Work Permits
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Quy-Toan Do; Michael M. Lokshin; Ravallion,Martin.
Migrants as Social Protection ? Simulations of a Market for Work Permits (English). Policy Research working paper;PEOPLE Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099931001072522042