Immigration and Globalization: A Review Essay
Journal of Economic Literature
2015
This essay revisits the argument that the removal of worldwide immigration restrictions would induce a very large increase in world GDP. The recent books Exodus: How Migration is Changing Our World by Paul Collier and The Price of Rights: Regulating International Labor Migration by Martin Ruhs raise a number of questions about the underlying economic model. The essay shows how these concerns can greatly attenuate the predicted gains. (JEL F22, F66, J11, J18, J61)
- DOI
- 10.1257/jel.53.4.961
- Volume
- 53 (4)
- Pages
- 961-974
- Language
- en
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