Migration and Population Growth's Impact on Natural Resources and Welfare: The Role of Manufacturing's Returns to Scale

Maurice Schiff ()
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No 18361, IZA Discussion Papers from IZA Network @ LISER

Abstract: I examine the impact of population growth and endogenous migration on renewable natural resources (NR) and welfare in a general equilibrium model with two sectors - a commodity and a manufacturing sector, and with two inputs - labor and NR. Under population growth and no migration, a country's NR and welfare are unchanged (increase) (decline and eventually collapse) over time for constant (increasing) (decreasing) returns to scale in the manufacturing sector, i.e., for Ï•=1 (Ï•>1) (Ï•

Keywords: migration; population growth; Renewable Natural Resources (NR); impact on NR and welfare (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F16 F18 Q27 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026-02
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