Issues and scope -- Key implications of the generosity of the welfare state for the skill composition of migration -- Implications of the skill composition of migration for the generosity of the welfare state -- The joint determination of the generosity of the welfare state and migration -- Migration and inter-generational distribution policy -- Elements of strategic voting with multiple groups -- Migration and inter- and intra-generational distribution policy -- Is the net fiscal burden a good measure of the gains from immigration? -- The generosity of the welfare state : fiscal competition -- Epilogue
Summary
This title presents a unified formal framework for studying how social benefits-immigration conflicts are resolved in a range of policy regimes
Analysis
ECONOMICS/Political Economy
SOCIAL SCIENCES/Political Science/Public Policy & Law
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-164) and index
