framework for the evaluation of key elements of immigration policy. To this end, the fundamental ingredients of evaluating … policy interventions are explained and the specific case of immigration policy is analyzed. It becomes transparent that the … evaluation of the effect of immigration policy is a particularly complex task since it requires unusually strong assumptions to …

This paper analyses the impact of a change in Australia's immigration policy, introduced in the mid-1990s, on migrants …

. As a further contribution, we study the interaction between the optimal immigration policy of the host country and …

immigration policy over the last decade. Unlike previous studies, I analyze the evolution over time of these two types of … essentially on how immigration is perceived to affect wages and net welfare benefits. Specifically, I find that, when immigrants …

This paper analyzes the political sustainability of the welfare state in an environment where immigration is the main … demographic force and where governments are able to influence the size and skill composition of immigration flows. Specifically, I … present a dynamic political-economy model where both income redistribution and immigration policy are chosen by majority vote …

their levels of immigration. Because of complementarities between capital and labor, the return on capital is positively … related to the level of immigration. Consequently, when capital is immobile, host nations' optimal levels of immigration are … on capital is a function of the levels of immigration in both countries, meaning that immigration is a public good. As a …

immigration due to its apparently unbearable social and political costs. However these costs are never measured and made … comparable across countries. In this paper we first discuss theoretically how tradable immigration quotas (TIQs) can reveal … countries and other immigration targets. Both applications are seen as possible precursors to a full implementation of a TIQs …

Destination countries are progressively shifting towards selective immigration policies. These can effectively increase … selective immigration policies reduce social welfare at origin. -- international migration ; selective immigration policies …

This paper analyzes the issues of immigration and outsourcing in a general-equilibrium model of international factor … mobility. In our model, legal immigration is controlled through a quota, while outsourcing is determined both by the firms (in … response to market conditions) and through policy-imposed barriers. A loosening of the immigration quota reduces outsourcing …