this class of models, payments to the unemployed in each country. The model is used to evaluate the impact of migration in … the enlarged EU, and would also be directly relevant for the NAFTA countries, under a range of possible migration … scenarios involving three types of workers: skilled, unskilled, and unemployed. Full migration is the only scenario in which the …

bias in migration significantly increases welfare in most receiving countries. Moreover, due to a more efficient global … that more - not less - high-skilled migration would increase world welfare. …High-skilled workers are four times more likely to migrate than low-skilled workers. This skill bias in migration …

higher transfers. We show that in such a world, free migration increases the bürden of the welfare program in the rieh …We investigate the consequences of redistribution policy on migration and trade in a Standard two-good Heckscher …-Ohlin framework. With free trade and factor price equalization, abolishing migration barriers is redundant. With the introduction of …

higher transfers. We show that in such a world, free migration increases the bürden of the welfare program in the rieh …We investigate the consequences of redistribution policy on migration and trade in a Standard two-good Heckscher …-Ohlin framework. With free trade and factor price equalization, abolishing migration barriers is redundant. With the introduction of …

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 …

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 …

This paper evaluates the welfare impact of observed levels of migration and remittances in both origins and … and thus higher welfare, all else equal. Because of this effect, natives in countries that received a lot of migration … results show that the welfare impact of observed levels of migration is substantial, at about 5 to 10% for the main receiving …

This chapter connects population aging with international migration. After documenting the trends for both, we review … the supply-push and demand-pull determinants of migration, focusing particularly on the role of age and aging. We … subsequently discuss the literature concerning the implications of migration in the context of aging for labor markets, health and …

This chapter investigates the two-way relationship between population aging and international migration. After … documenting the trends for both, we review the supply-push and demand-pull determinants of migration, focusing particularly on the … role of age and aging. We subsequently analyze the implications of migration in the context of aging for labor markets, as …

literature, its welfare impact for source country residents - or non-migrants - is at best ambiguous. Increased educational …) - whose well-being is a concern for the government - is ambiguous or negative. I compare residents' welfare a) for an open vs … intervention; ii) optimal education policy has a positive or ambiguous impact on residents' welfare (and a positive impact under a …