We study the interaction between the optimal immigration policy of a host country and education policy of a source … source country, and attitudes to immigration in the host country. Of key interest are the implications for the optimal … spending on education in the source country and the optimal immigration quota of the host country. …

We study the interaction between the optimal immigration policy of a host country and education policy of a source … country, and attitudes to immigration in the host country. Of key interest are the implications for the optimal spending on … education in the source country and the optimal immigration quota of the host country. …

Immigration policies in western democracies have often been contrary to the policies predicted by the mainstream theory … defection from worker-supported political-establishment parties to new-entrant anti-immigration political candidates and parties …

We explore the implications of migrants' self-selection for the determination of immigration policy in a simple model … migrants to immigration policy changes, which is crucial for predicting the effects of such policy in the receiving country …. For example, restricting immigration when it is low skilled may worsen self-selection and thus the receiving country skill …

their levels of immigration. Because of complementarities between capital and labor, the return on capital is positively … related to the level of immigration. Consequently, when capital is immobile, host nations' optimal levels of immigration are … on capital is a function of the levels of immigration in both countries, meaning that immigration is a public good. As a …