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 …

suggests that, in general, the impact of immigration on labor market conditions depends critically on the way immigrants are …-matching framework (Pissaridès, 1985, 2000) in a migration model à la Harris and Todaro (1970). We find that the inflow of TFWs into a … decrease net interprovincial migrants within the year by about 50, a number substantially higher than is present in existing …

This paper investigates regional or international transfers as a means to prevent immigration into unemployment. We … analyze a two-country model with free migration in which the rich country is characterized by minimum wage unemployment … stronger productivity growth in the poor country, reducing both migration flows and unemployment in the rich country. This …

We study the interaction between the optimal immigration policy of a host country and education policy of a source … country in a model of international migration of skilled workers. Acquisition of human capital is driven by the academic and … source country, and attitudes to immigration in the host country. Of key interest are the implications for the optimal …

equilibria: some countries have mostly temporary migration programs and see a low degree of cultural assimilation by the migrants …This paper examines the role of cultural factors in driving the politics and shape of migration policy. We show that … foreign workers and also admitting an inefficiently large number of permanent migrants, but not enough to fill any labor …