Migration and the welfare state : dynamic political-economy theory / Assaf Razin, Efraim Sadka, Benjarong Suwankiri.
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TextSeries: Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research) ; no. 14784.Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. : National Bureau of Economic Research, 2009Description: 36 p. ; 22 cmSubject(s): Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects | Emigration and immigration -- Political aspects | Welfare stateLOC classification: HB1 | .N38 no. 14784Online resources: Click here to access online Summary: Milton Friedman, the Nobel-prize laureate economist, had it right: "It's just obvious that you can't have free immigration and a welfare state." That is, national welfare states can almost never coexist with the free movement of labor. This fact underscores the relevance of the analysis in this paper, which is a part of a forthcoming book on migration and the welfare state. It focuses on the demographic, and economic, fundamentals behind policy-restricted migration, and the policy-restricted generosity of the welfare state.
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Milton Friedman, the Nobel-prize laureate economist, had it right: "It's just obvious that you can't have free immigration and a welfare state." That is, national welfare states can almost never coexist with the free movement of labor. This fact underscores the relevance of the analysis in this paper, which is a part of a forthcoming book on migration and the welfare state. It focuses on the demographic, and economic, fundamentals behind policy-restricted migration, and the policy-restricted generosity of the welfare state.
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