We review the growing literature on the political economy of immigration. First, we discuss the effects of immigration … among natives. Next, we unpack the channels behind the political effects of immigration, distinguishing between economic and …

We study the immigration policy that maximizes the welfare of the native population in an economy where the government … different tax systems for immigrants and natives, free immigration is optimal. It is also optimal to use the tax system to … encourage the immigration of high-skill workers and discourage that of low-skill workers. When immigrants and natives must be …

curtailing immigration. We capture the "missing immigrants" induced by the quotas to estimate the effect of immigration on …

which the social security system influences the young decisive voter's attitudes in favor of a more liberal immigration …

social security and migration. We characterize sub-game perfect Markov equilibria where immigration policy and pay … demonstrate that the older is the native born population the more likely is that the immigration policy is liberalized and the …

increased immigration would do little to reduce the future fiscal burden. The increased revenue from a large rise in immigration …

Can history shed light on the modern debate about immigration's labor market impact in high wage economies? This paper … global century. It then assesses the effects of immigration on wages and employment with and without international capital … economic relationships and immigration policy. It concludes with an explanation for the apparent difference in immigration …

In the absence of distortionary tax and spending policies, freer immigration and trade for a country would often be …, can do neither of these. This suggests quite different political coalitions may organize around trade and immigration. In … strategies and also fiscal jurisdictions. We then apply this framework to the case of individual immigration and trade …