This paper quantitatively investigates the short- and long-run effects of liberalizing global migration on the world … distribution of income. We develop and parametrize a dynamic model of the world economy with endogenous migration, fertility and … education decisions. We identify bilateral migration costs and their legal component for each pair of countries and two classes …

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 …

This paper investigates the welfare consequences of immigration policies in a model with two types of labour, skilled … immigration cost and causes immigration of one type of labour - on the welfare of natives when the other type of labour and … complementary in production (as attested by many empirical studies), then a decrease in the immigration cost of the net fiscal …

migration for low-skilled migrants. Results are robust to the inclusion of sending and destination country fixed effects … migrant selection. We analyze bilateral country-level education-specific migration stocks from 85 sending countries to the 15 …

This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of refugee migration, with emphasis on the current refugee crisis. After … migrations, contrasting economic and refugee migrants, discussing the trade-offs between long-term asylum and temporary …, we illustrate the economic integration of past refugee migrants to EU countries and conclude with several policy …

factor mobility (such as capital). However, in this paper we emphasize the unique feature of labor migration, that may … nullify the'race to the bottom' hypothesis. Labor migration is governed not only by net-of-tax factor rewards, but rather … importantly also by the benefits that the welfare state provides. The paper analyzes fiscal competition with and without migration …