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Author Razin, Assaf.

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

Publication Info. Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, [2011]
©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 168 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-164) and index.
Contents 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.
Summary This title presents a unified formal framework for studying how social benefits-immigration conflicts are resolved in a range of policy regimes.
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Subject Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects.
Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects.
Emigration and immigration -- Political aspects.
Emigration and immigration -- Political aspects.
Welfare state.
Welfare state.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Sadka, Efraim.
Suwankiri, Benjarong.
Other Form: Print version: Razin, Assaf. Migration and the welfare state. Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, ©2011 9780262016100 (DLC) 2011001918 (OCoLC)700205600
ISBN 9780262298377 (electronic book)
0262298376 (electronic book)
1283258676
9781283258678
9780262016100
0262016109