Migration and the Welfare State: Political-Economy Policy Formation

by Benjarong Suwankiri, Assaf Razin, Efraim Sadka, et al.

A unified formal framework for studying how social benefits-immigration conflicts are resolved in a range of policy regimes.

Nobel laureate economist Milton Friedman once noted that free immigration cannot coexist with a welfare state. A welfare state with open borders might turn into a haven for poor immigrants, which would place such a fiscal burden on the state that native-born voters would support less-generous benefits or restricted...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262016109
• ISBN13: 9780262016100
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher