This paper addresses the role of mobility costs in shaping the effects of trade integration on wage inequality and welfare. We present a three-factor, two-sector model in which the production technology exhibits capital-skill complementarity and the cost of moving across sectors differs between...

The paper investigates the impact of international migration on public pay-as-you-go pension systems. It first develops a theoretical framework to analyse the effects of migration on the labour market. The model allows for heterogeneity across individuals and for migration to affect both the...

The paper investigates the impact of international migration on public pay-as-you-go pension systems. It first develops a theoretical framework to analyse the effects of migration on the labour market. The model allows for heterogeneity across individuals and for migration to affect both the...

We ask which migration policy a developed country will choose when its objective is to attain the optimal skill composition of the country's workforce, and when the policy menu consists of an entry fee and a quota. We compare these two policies under the assumptions that individuals are...

We ask which migration policy a developed country will choose when its objective is to attain the optimal skill composition of the country's workforce, and when the policy menu consists of an entry fee and a quota. We compare these two policies under the assumptions that individuals are...