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

• Autore: Razin Assaf
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, ©2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (181 p.)
• Disciplina: 325
• Soggetto topico: Emigration and immigration - Economic aspects; Emigration and immigration - Political aspects; Welfare state
• Soggetto non controllato: ECONOMICS/Political Economy; SOCIAL SCIENCES/Political Science/Public Policy & Law
• Altri autori: SadkaEfraim SuwankiriBenjarong
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Migration and the welfare state
• ISBN: 1-283-25867-6; 9786613258670; 0-262-29837-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910816762703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II