This paper examines the problem of guest-worker migration in an economy populated by identical, utility-maximizing agents with finite lives. The decision to migrate, the savings rate while abroad, and the migrants stay in the foreign country as viewed as the solution to an intertemporal...

This note extends Rivera-Batiz (1982) to examine the role of remittances in determining the effects of migration on welfare of the remaining residents in a small open economy. If the flow of remittances exceeds a certain critical value, the remaining residents benefit from migration, even if...

This paper examines the welfare implications of temporary foreign aid in a simple two-period, two-country model of trade. Domestic investment is endogenous, providing an important link between aid in period one and the terms of trade in periods one and two. Transfer-induced changes in the terms...

This paper examines the dynamic implications of border control policies and internal enforcement measures for the pattern of illegal immigration and the sectoral allocation of clandestine foreign workers. It is argued that efforts to control illegal immigration in sectors where they...

This paper develops a two-country model of international migration in an attempt to study the role of both qualitative and quantitative restrictions on international labor mobility. Individuals are distinguished in terms of their ability and age, enabling the model to examine factors that...