We study immigration policy in a small receiving economy under self-selection of migrants. We show that a non …-discriminatory immigration policy choice affects and is affected by the migratory decisions of skilled and unskilled foreign workers. From this … interaction multiple equilibria may arise, which are driven by the natives' expectations on the welfare effects of immigration. In …

Recent European legislation on immigration has revealed a particular paradox on migration policies. On the one hand … controls the information related to the immigration stock it could delay the mass entry of immigrants, maintaining the required …

through which the social security system influences voter attitudes in favor of more liberal immigration regime. We …

This paper explores the effects of high skilled immigration to a host country with unionized low skilled labor and an … unemployment insurance scheme. We show that such immigration can create a negative immigration surplus due to adverse effects on …

We develop a general model of legal and illegal immigration to understand the basic tradeoffs faced by a government in … the decision to implement an immigration amnesty in the presence of a selective immigration policy. We show that two …

character and stringency of immigration policies. Based on a selection of data for six pilot countries between 1990 and 2008, we … document the variation of immigration policies across countries and over time. We focus on three specific dimensions: the … immigration policies; and aggregation procedures that allow for gauging the stringency of immigration regulations comparatively …

illegal immigration. It optimizes over these objectives by setting the time limit of a guest-worker permit. The source country …

We study the effects of immigration on native welfare in a general equilibrium model featuring two skill types, search … studied, immigration attenuates the effects of search frictions. These gains tend to outweigh the welfare costs of … redistribution. Immigration has increased native welfare in almost all countries. Both high-skilled and low-skilled natives benefit …