Selective immigration policies, migrants' education and welfare at origin

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2011
Volume: 113
Issue: 1
Pages: 19-22

Score contribution per author:

0.503 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

Destination countries are increasingly adopting selective immigration policies. These can effectively increase migrants' average education even if one allows for endogenous schooling decisions and education policies at origin. Still, more selective immigration policies can reduce social welfare at origin.

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RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:113:y:2011:i:1:p:19-22
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
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2026-01-24