The Political Economy of International Migration in a Ricardo-Viner Model

Jaime Melo de, Jean-Marie Grether and Jean Claude Muller
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No 200021, Working Papers from CERDI

Abstract: Determinants of national policies towards immigration are analysed in the context of an economy open to international trade. Arguments for the existence of an "immigration surplus" are reviewed and followed by an interpretation of the principal contributions of the political economy literature in a Ricardo-Viner model in a direct democracy framework. A median voter model is grafted on several variants of the specific-factor open-economy model to discuss several recent changes in attitudes towards immigration (a stiffened stance, especially towards the unskilled) and in national policies ("melting-pot" vs. guest-worker programs, coexistence of legal and illegal immigrants, lax enforcement towards illegals).

Pages: 38
Date: 2000
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