Referendum-led Immigration Policy in the Welfare State

Yuji Tamura

No 269607, Economic Research Papers from University of Warwick - Department of Economics

Abstract: Majority voting outcomes over different immigration levels of lowskilled workers are examined in a two-period overlapping-generation model in which the labour market and intra- and intergenerational transfer schemes translate the impact of immigration into preferences of heterogeneous citizens. In most of the cases being examined, the model predicts a unique policy choice. However, a voting cycle can also arise in certain circumstances, subjecting the referendum outcome to manipulation.

Keywords: Labor and Human Capital; Political Economy; Public Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 57
Date: 2004-07-04
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.269607

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