We examine a model of a rich country with a redistributive public sector and facing costly immigration control. When … rich country increases, redistributive transfers decrease and then may increase, some immigration is permitted and foreign … rich country takes the toughest official stance on immigration but does not enforce it with border controls …

The immigration of relatively unskilled workers poses a fundamental problem for liberals. While from the perspective of …, and we anticipate the fiscal burden that the immigration of the poor would impose, then our welfare criterion would … them as equals. A liberal can avoid this "immigration paradox" by adopting a cosmopolitan perspective that extends equal …

suggests that skilled immigration promotes economic equality in advanced economies under standard conditions. The context is …

suggests that skilled immigration promotes economic equality in advanced economies under standard conditions. The context is …

society. The paper suggests that skilled immigration promotes economic equality in advanced economies under standard …

that at least skilled immigration promotes economic equality in the host country under standard conditions. The context is …

low skill occupations. Basic economic theory thus suggests that immigration has led to a compression of the wage …