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 …

"The Economics of Immigration summarizes the best social science studying the actual impact of immigration, which is … found to be at odds with popular fears. Greater flows of immigration have the potential to substantially increase world … income and reduce extreme poverty. Existing evidence indicates that immigration slightly enhances the wealth of natives born …

'The Economics of Immigration. Theory and Policy' is written as a both a reference for researchers and as a textbook on … economics course where immigration is one of the subfields studied. The book covers the economic theory of immigration, which … using the economic theory of immigration to explain the determinants and consequences of the policies. The timing of this …