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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816762703321

Autore

Razin Assaf

Titolo

Migration and the welfare state : political-economy policy formation / / Assaf Razin, Efraim Sadka, and Benjarong Suwankiri

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, ©2011

ISBN

1-283-25867-6

9786613258670

0-262-29837-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (181 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SadkaEfraim

SuwankiriBenjarong

Disciplina

325

Soggetti

Emigration and immigration - Economic aspects

Emigration and immigration - Political aspects

Welfare state

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-164) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

This title presents a unified formal framework for studying how social benefits-immigration conflicts are resolved in a range of policy regimes.