It is often argued that tax competition may lead to a 'race to the bottom'. This result may indeed hold in the case of factor mobility (such as capital). However, in this paper we emphasize the unique feature of labor migration, that may nullify the 'race to the bottom' hypothesis. Labor...

Chapter 1 Introducing Pandemic Crisis -- Chapter 2 Migration and Welfare-State Policy -- Chapter 3 Globalization and Welfare-State Policy -- Chapter 4 Free Migration: Israel’s Experience -- Chapter 5 Globalization: Israel’s Experience -- Chapter 6 Federal Systems: US-EU Comparison.

Both the U.S. and the EU are an economic union: There is a single market for goods, capital, finance, and labor. That is, there is free mobility of goods and services, physical and financial capital, and labor among the member countries of the union. Nevertheless, there is much higher degree of...