This paper studies the impact of migration on welfare in a general equilibrium model using a simulation-based approach …. Agents make decisions regarding the acquisition of skill and migration on the basis of their idiosyncratic characteristics … and different migration regimes. Migration in turn has an impact on skilled and unskilled wages in migrant sending and …

rural-urban migration. Thus the models are partial equilibrium in nature stressing the supply-side adjustments; and policy …

In this paper we investigate the impact of global migration on the welfare of native workers in the OECD countries. We … develop a multi-country, general equilibrium model with trade and migration. Labor is assumed to be heterogeneous, whereas the … redistribution is also examined. The main result of this paper is the quantification of the welfare effects of migration for …

capitalists gain. Moreover, what is more striking is that both migration and tariff reform are equally bad for the economy as a …

Two major trends in the world economy are international migration and environmental degradation. The object of the … represent a world economy in which the exploitation of natural resources as well as the migration of labor have a global … character. We discuss the welfare impact of migration and exploitation of natural resources and policies to address these issues …

Drawing on the literature of occupational status and social distance, a theory is developed of labor migration that is … is shown that as long as migration can reduce humiliation sufficiently, migration will occur even between two identical … economies. Hence, a new model of migration is presented in which migration arises from a wish to reap social exposure gains. The …

A theory is developed of labor migration that is prompted by a desire to avoid "social humiliation." In a general … equilibrium framework it is shown that as long as migration can reduce humiliation sufficiently, migration will occur even between … two identical economies. Migration increases the number of individuals who choose to perform degrading jobs and …

population growth: natural increase and net-migration. The first questions at hand are: What caused the baby boom? Can it be … stages of the settlement process, net migration could account for up to 80% of population growth in some regions. A general … equilibrium model is proposed, with three ingredients: endogenous fertility, investment in land, and migration. The relative …