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There is some concern that immigration contributes to a larger current account deficit in a net borrowing country like Australia. The reason is believed to be that the immigrants on balance have a lower net saving than those born in the country.
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This study analyses reform of migration policy. We organise discussion around two main issues- the need to base policy …
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The main focus of this paper is on the determinants of migrants' remittances, based on a study of the Pacific island migrants in Australia.
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liberalize migration policy through a political-economy mechanism. The paper examines a dynamic political-economy mechanism … immigration regime. A Markov equilibrium with social security consists of a more liberal migration policy, than a corresponding …
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are not prohibitive. An active European migration policy is recommended to achieve this aim. …
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Over the years, there emerged two key policy differences between Europe and America, both welfare and migration …-states. The former has more generous welfare state and more liberal migration policies than the latter. In this paper we attempt …
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As we approach the 21st Century, Australia needs to thoroughly its future population and immigration policies. The questions addressed in this focus on four related areas in which Australia will need to develop a global perspective and corresponding policies: populayion policies which take into...
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Intergenerational inequality and old-age poverty are salient issues in contemporary China. China's aging population threatens the fiscal sustainability of its pension system, a key vehicle for intergenerational redistribution. We analyze the positive and normative effects of alternative pension...
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This paper studies the effect of top tax rates on inventors' mobility since 1977. We put special emphasis on "superstar" inventors, those with the most and most valuable patents. We use panel data on inventors from the United States and European Patent Offices to track inventors' locations over...
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different levels of migration frictions. We bring the model to the data for the whole world economy at a 1º times 1º geographic … resolution. We then use the model to quantify the gains from relaxing migration restrictions as well as to describe the evolution … of the distribution of economic activity in the different migration scenarios. Our results indicate that fully …
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