Migration and the welfare state : dynamic political-economy theory

Assaf Razin; Efraim Sadka; Benjarong Suwankiri

We model an overlapping-generations economy with two skill levels: skilled and unskilled. The welfare-state is modeled simply by a proportional tax on labor income to finance a demogrant in a balanced-budget manner. Therefore, some (the unskilled workers and old retirees) are net beneficiaries from the welfare state and others (the skilled workers) are net contributors to it. Migration policies are set to determine the total migration volume and its skill composition.We characterize subgame-perfect Markov political-economic equilibria consisting of the tax rate (which determines the demogrant), skill composition and the total number of migrants. We distinguish between two voting behaviors: sincere and strategic voting. --

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Year of publication:	2010
Authors:	Razin, Asaf ; Tsadḳah, Efrayim ; Suwankiri, Benjarong
Publisher:	München : CESifo
Subject:	Migrationspolitik \| Immigration policy \| Einwanderungsrecht \| Immigration law \| Qualifikation \| Occupational qualification \| Finanzierung der Sozialversicherung \| Social security financing \| Umlageverfahren \| Pay-as-you-go \| Einwanderung \| Immigration \| Wahlverhalten \| Voting behaviour \| Sozialstaat \| Welfare state \| Neue politische Ökonomie \| Public choice \| Theorie \| Theory

Extent:	Online-Ressource (27 S.)
Series:	CESifo working papers. - München : [Verlag nicht ermittelbar], ISSN 2364-1428, ZDB-ID 2065232-X. - Vol. 2991
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature
Language:	English
Notes:	Parallel als Druckausg. erschienen
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/38905 [Handle]
Classification:	H00 - Public Economics. General ; F20 - International Factor Movements and International Business. General ; F13 - Commercial Policy; Protection; Promotion; Trade Negotiations
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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