Migration and the welfare state [electronic resource] : political-economy policy formation / Assaf Razin, Efraim Sadka, and Benjarong Suwankiri.
Material type: TextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2011Description: xii, 168 p. : illISBN: 9780262298377 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects | Emigration and immigration -- Political aspects | Welfare stateGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 325 LOC classification: JV6035 | .R39 2011Online resources: Click to ViewIncludes bibliographical references (p. [159]-164) and index.
Issues and scope -- Key implications of the generosity of the welfare state for the skill composition of migration -- Implications of the skill composition of migration for the generosity of the welfare state -- The joint determination of the generosity of the welfare state and migration -- Migration and inter-generational distribution policy -- Elements of strategic voting with multiple groups -- Migration and inter- and intra-generational distribution policy -- Is the net fiscal burden a good measure of the gains from immigration? -- The generosity of the welfare state : fiscal competition -- Epilogue.
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