Migration and the welfare state
Subtitle: political-economy policy formation
By: Assaf Razin, Efraim Sadka, and Benjarong Suwankiri
Contributors: Sadka, Efraim; Suwankiri, Benjarong
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 168
ISBN-13: 9780262016100
Subjects: Emigration and immigration; Welfare state; Political aspects; Economic aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-164) and index.
Table of contents: title: Issues and scope; title: Key implications of the generosity of the welfare state for the skill composition of migration; title: Implications of the skill composition of migration for the generosity of the welfare state; title: The joint determination of the generosity of the welfare state and migration; title: Migration and inter-generational distribution policy; title: Elements of strategic voting with multiple groups; title: Migration and inter- and intra-generational distribution policy; title: Is the net fiscal burden a good measure of the gains from immigration?; title: The generosity of the welfare state : fiscal competition; title: Epilogue.