Migration between countries with earnings-related and flat-rate pay-as-you-go social security systems may change human … countries, allowing for migration may generate a Pareto-improvement for all current and future generations. Without transfers …

migration and public investment in infrastructure and education. Accumulation and creation of new ideas and technologies as well … as migration are at the core of differential regional growth. In this framework, we assess the effectiveness of …

We develop a two-country, two-sector model with a continuum of workers to address the link between migration and trade … more likely to be supported by a simultaneous referendum on trade and migration than in one on trade alone? The key to our … analysis is the recognition that for free trade, migration, or trade and migration to be adopted, the relevant policy must pass …

technological advantage in the skilled intensive good when we allow for both trade and migration skilled workers migrate to that … country. We analyze the consequences of this migration for both inequality and welfare for the source and the host country. …

margin. The skill distribution is continuous, and, for each skill level, the distribution of migration cost is also … migration is decreasing in the skill level. When the semi-elasticity of migration is increasing in the skill level, either … negative. Numerical simulations are calibrated using plausible values of the semi-elasticity of migration for top income …

indicate that income taxes are a significant pull factor for international migration decisions. The same is true with respect … to intra-national migration. However, dominance analysis suggests that the relative impact of taxes compared to other …

distance-related migration costs cannot explain the lower distance sensitivity of educated and risk-loving individuals. …

paper documents the demographic and fiscal importance of international migration, especially in aging societies, reviews the …