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 …

total factor productivity of the receiving economy. We assemble panel data on immigration flows, output, employment and …. We find that immigration has a large, positive effect on the employment rate of the receiving country. However, it leaves …Two large but separate bodies of literature analyze the economic effects of international trade and immigration. Given …