An alternative model of international migration: endogenous two sided borders and optimal legal systems

Inaam Chaabane and Damien Gaumont

In a 2-country and 3-period OLG model with education, we study the impact on international migration of the two sided characteristics of borders. Individuals must first "leave" their home country before "entering" the destination country. Indeed, each social planner chooses the static welfare optimal level of education, consumption, labor and capital. A unique migration flow is compatible with the market steady-state equilibrium and the maximizing social welfare solution. Difference in education generates differences in steady-state capital per capita. Consequently, both price differentials and incentives for illegal migration exist. Application to real world cases is provided.

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Year of publication:	2015
Authors:	Chaabane, Inaam ; Gaumont, Damien
Published in:	IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM. - Heidelberg : SpringerOpen, ISSN 2193-9039, ZDB-ID 2693175-8. - Vol. 4.2015, p. 1-23
Subject:	International migration \| Overlapping generations models \| Immigration law and legal systems \| Overlapping Generations \| Overlapping generations \| Einwanderungsrecht \| Immigration law \| Theorie \| Theory \| Internationale Migration \| Rechtsordnung \| Legal system \| Migrationspolitik \| Immigration policy \| Arbeitsmigranten \| Migrant workers

Extent:	graph. Darst.
Type of publication:	Article
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Aufsatz in Zeitschrift ; Article in journal
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	10.1186/s40176-014-0028-1 [DOI] hdl:10419/149428 [Handle]
Classification:	k37 ; D91 - Intertemporal Consumer Choice; Life Cycle Models and Saving ; F22 - International Migration
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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