Destination countries are progressively shifting towards selective immigration policies. These can effectively increase … selective immigration policies reduce social welfare at origin …

We study the immigration policy that maximizes the welfare of the native population in an economy where the government … different tax systems for immigrants and natives, free immigration is optimal. It is also optimal to use the tax system to … encourage the immigration of high-skill workers and discourage that of low-skill workers. When immigrants and natives must be …

This paper studies the determinants of immigration policy in an economy with entrepreneurs and workers where a trade … immigration and induces a welfare loss not only from an aggregate point of view, but even from the point of view of workers. In … the politico-economic equilibrium where interest groups lobby for immigration, we show the condition under which workers …

This paper uses a dynamic efficiency-wage model to analyze the consequences of immigration for a small country when … three regimes for rising immigration levels. Immigration is most beneficial for natives in the intermediate regime. An … growing opposition to immigration …

This paper describes the immigration policy that would maximize the welfare of natives. Trade principles indicate that … the United States should eliminate its immigration quotas and other non-tariff protectionist barriers and use immigration …