the free migration regime and compare that to immigration into the EU from two other groups, developed and developing … free-migration regime, and the "Fiscal Burden Hypothesis" under the immigration- restricted regime even after controlling …"This paper tests the differential effects of the generosity of the welfare state under free migration and under policy …

selective migration policies, favoring skilled migrants who tend to be net contributors to the fiscal system. We utilize the … between skilled and unskilled migration rates. The main purpose of the paper is to assess the role of mobility restriction on … shaping the effect of the welfare state genrosity. In a free migration regime, the impact is expected to be negative on the …