Guest worker programs and human capital investment: The bracero program in Mexico, 1942–1964

E Kosack - Journal of Human Resources, 2021 - jhr.uwpress.org
Guest worker programs are often criticized for worker maltreatment. Income earned could,
however, benefit migrants. I examine the impact of the Bracero Program, a guest worker …

Guestworker programs: Evidence from Europe and the United States and some implications for US policy

JS Reichert, DS Massey - Population Research and Policy Review, 1982 - Springer
Mounting concern in the United States over increased illegal migration from Mexico during
the past decade has generated a heated policy debate and led to a number of proposals as …

The long-term consequences of a temporary worker program: The US Bracero experience

DS Massey, Z Liang - Population Research and Policy Review, 1989 - Springer
Recent changes enacted by the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA) create
the potential for two large temporary worker programs, one constructed from the existing H-2 …

He came, he saw, he stayed. guest worker programmes and the issue of Non‐Return

T Basok - International Migration, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Critics of guest worker programmes have pointed out that many temporary workers do not
return home when their contracts expire and thus end up swelling the ranks of …

[CITATION][C] Guest worker programs and policies

PL Martin - 1995 - webarchive.urban.org
This paper outlines the decisions that would be integral to the development of a guest
worker program that would allow Mexicans to work legally on a temporary basis in the …

[BOOK][B] American guestworkers: Jamaicans and Mexicans in the US labor market

D Griffith - 2006 - books.google.com
The H-2 program, originally based in Florida, is the longest running labor-importation
program in the country. Over the course of a quarter-century of research, Griffith studied rural …

An argument for guest worker programs

JS Hidalgo - Public Affairs Quarterly, 2010 - JSTOR
Several noted economists and prominent international organizations have recently
advocated for the implementation of guest worker programs in developed states. 1 Their …

Guestworkers: Lessons from Western Europe

PL Martin, MJ Miller - ILR review, 1980 - journals.sagepub.com
This article appraises the postwar guestworker programs in France, Switzerland, and the
Federal Republic of Germany in light of the proposal that a similar program be adopted in …

US Immigration policy: The guestworker option revisited

DG Papademetriou, PL Martin… - International migration …, 1983 - pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
PIP: In guestworker programs foreign nationals are admitted into another country on a
nonmigrant status with severely curtailed social and limited labor market rights. The duration …

Some essentials of a workable guest‐worker program

S Djajić - International Economic Review, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
A guest‐worker program provides an appealing way of addressing labor shortages in an
advanced country. It requires, however, that foreign workers are willing to return home when …