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Ageing-Driven Migration and Redistribution : Comparing Policy Regimes
Razin, Assaf - 2020
Life cycle and insurance-type considerations dominate redistribution policy. Wage and fiscal prospects of ageing … dominate migration policy. The paper compares distinct policy regimes, directed at migration and redistribution issues …-migration regime, welfare-state regime vs. no-migration-quota, no-redistribution regime, and low-income-majority regime vs. high …
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The Political Effects of Immigration : Culture or Economics?
Alesina, Alberto; Tabellini, Marco - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
, trigger backlash, increasing support for anti-immigrant parties and lowering preferences for redistribution and diversity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013210107
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Public Finance and Individual Preferences over Globalization Strategies
Hanson, Gordon H. - 2005
In the absence of distortionary tax and spending policies, freer immigration and trade for a country would often be supported by similar groups thanks to similar impacts on labor income. But government policies that redistribute income may alter the distributional politics. In particular,...
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Ageing and Welfare-State Policy Making : Macroeconomic Perspective
Razin, Asaf; Schwemmer, Alexander H. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
It has been well recognized that population ageing could generate structural changes centered around the dwindling labor force, on one hand, and the expanding dependency on the generosity of the welfare state, on the other hand. Ageing-related welfare state policy entails both fiscal issues and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012616610
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The Effects of the Ageing European Population on Economic Growth and Budgets : Implications for Immigration and Other Policies
Feldstein, Martin S. - 2006
The ageing of the population presents a major fiscal challenge for the countries of Europe. The combination of increased longevity and a reduced birth rate will directly reduce the growth rates of the European economies by slowing the growth of the capital stock and by weakening the productivity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012465924
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The Aging Population and the Size of the Welfare State
Razin, Assaf - 2001
Data for the United States and countries in Western Europe indicate a negative correlation between the dependency ratio and labor tax rates and the generosity of social transfers, after controlling for other factors that influence the size of the welfare state. This is despite the increased...
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Immigration and Occupational Comparative Advantage
Hanson, Gordon H.; Liu, Chen - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
Job choice by high-skilled foreign-born workers in the US correlates strongly with country of origin. We apply a Frechet-Roy model of occupational choice to evaluate the causes of immigrant sorting. In a gravity specification, we find that revealed comparative advantage in the US is stronger for...
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Illegal Immigration : The Trump Effect
Hoekstra, Mark; Orozco-Aleman, Sandra - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
Recent years have witnessed the emergence of increasingly provocative anti-immigrant politicians in both Europe and the United States. We examine whether the 2016 election of Donald Trump, who made illegal immigration and border enforcement a centerpiece of his campaign, reduced illegal...
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Immigration Lottery Design : Engineered and Coincidental Consequences of H-1B Reforms
Pathak, Parag A. - 2020
In 2005, the U.S. Congress legislated that the H-1B visa program create 20,000 annual slots reserved for advanced-degree applicants. Since then, the U.S. Customs and Immigration Service (USCIS) has used visa allocation rules that comply with this legislation. Following a directive in the April...
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How do U.S. Visa Policies Affect Unauthorized Immigration?
Kovak, Brian K. - 2020
We examine how increasing the number of visas available to potential migrants would affect unauthorized immigration from Mexico to the U.S. Current U.S. policy bans people who are deported from receiving legal status for a period of time. This policy aims to serve as an additional deterrent to...
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