Altruism and international labour migration

Damien Gaumont and Alice Mesnard ()
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Alice Mesnard: UniversitÊ Paris 2 and ERMES, CNRS, UPRES-A 7017, 92, rue d'Assas, F-75270 Paris Cedex 06, France CREST, 15, Boulevard G. PÊri, F-92 245 Malakoff Cedex, France

Journal of Population Economics, 2000, vol. 13, issue 1, 113-126

Abstract: This paper investigates the effect of altruism on the pattern of labour migration in a two-country overlapping generations model. We show that differences in degrees of altruism across countries lead to bilateral migration flows. Starting from the autarkic steady-state equilibrium, restrictions on labour migration are relaxed. In temporary post-migration equilibrium factor prices are equal across countries. We then characterize the unique stable steady-state equilibrium: both countries are populated and this equilibrium is not a Pareto improvement. Some individuals prefer to live in autarky, others in an integrated world economy.

Keywords: International migration; altruism; overlapping generations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D64 E13 F22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000-03-17
Note: Received: 6 July 1998/Accepted: 11 February 1999
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