productivity) engage in fiscal competition. Using numerical simulations we examine how the migration and tax policies are shaped … productivity gap, we also analyze the implications of the productivity gap for the design of migration and tax policies …

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 …

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 …

bring in migrants …

Recent European legislation on immigration has revealed a particular paradox on migration policies. On the one hand … migration choice that assumes that the decision to migrate can be described as an irreversible investment decision. In our model … controls the information related to the immigration stock it could delay the mass entry of immigrants, maintaining the required …

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 …

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

.2% higher today if productivity-enhancing investment intensity had remained at its pre-crisis level … suggests that a shortfall in productivity-enhancing investments temporarily slows technological progress, creating a gap … the Global Financial Crisis, I show that tight credit reduced investments in productivity-enhancement, and significantly …

terrorist attacks against foreigners in their host country. High skilled migrants are associated with a significantly lower risk … of terror compared to low skilled ones, while there is no significant difference between male and female migrants …

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 …