Migration and the welfare state [electronic resource] : political-economy policy formation / Assaf Razin, Efraim Sadka, and Benjarong Suwankiri.
Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2011.Description: xii, 168 p. : illISBN:- 9780262016100
- 9780262298377 (e-book)
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- JV6035 .R39 2011eb
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-164) and index.
Issues and scope -- Key implications of the generosity of the welfare state for the skill composition of migration -- Implications of the skill composition of migration for the generosity of the welfare state -- The joint determination of the generosity of the welfare state and migration -- Migration and inter-generational distribution policy -- Elements of strategic voting with multiple groups -- Migration and inter- and intra-generational distribution policy -- Is the net fiscal burden a good measure of the gains from immigration? -- The generosity of the welfare state : fiscal competition -- Epilogue.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.