Public pensions and return migration

Tim Krieger

No 2, Working Papers CIE from Paderborn University, CIE Center for International Economics

Abstract: In a median-voter framework with pensions and immigration we show that too few unskilled immigrants are allowed into the country because the unskilled native median voter is concerned with negative effects on his wage. He does not consider the positive effects to other groups in society. When return migration is allowed for, the median voter is more willing to accept immigration because he can shift some of the burden to future generations.

Keywords: migration; return migration; unfunded pension system; voting (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D72 H55 J61 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 22 pages
Date: 2006-12-14
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