TY - JOUR
T1 - On the formation of international migration policies when no country has an exclusive policy-setting say
AU - Stark, Oded
AU - Casarico, Alessandra
AU - Devillanova, Carlo
AU - Uebelmesser, Silke
PY - 2012/5
Y1 - 2012/5
N2 - This paper identifies the migration policies that emerge when both the sending country and the receiving country wield power to set migration quotas, when controlling migration is costly, and when the decision of how much human capital to acquire depends, among other things, on the migration policies. The paper analyzes the endogenous formation of bilateral agreements in the shape of transfers to support migration controls, and in the shape of joint arrangements regarding the migration policy and the cost-sharing of its implementation. The paper shows that in equilibrium both the sending country and the receiving country can participate in setting the migration policy, that bilateral agreements can arise as a welfare-improving mechanism, and that the sending country can gain from migration even when it does not set its preferred policy.
AB - This paper identifies the migration policies that emerge when both the sending country and the receiving country wield power to set migration quotas, when controlling migration is costly, and when the decision of how much human capital to acquire depends, among other things, on the migration policies. The paper analyzes the endogenous formation of bilateral agreements in the shape of transfers to support migration controls, and in the shape of joint arrangements regarding the migration policy and the cost-sharing of its implementation. The paper shows that in equilibrium both the sending country and the receiving country can participate in setting the migration policy, that bilateral agreements can arise as a welfare-improving mechanism, and that the sending country can gain from migration even when it does not set its preferred policy.
KW - Human capital formation
KW - International migration
KW - Migration policies
KW - Welfare analysis
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84855791624&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2011.10.001
DO - 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2011.10.001
M3 - מאמר
AN - SCOPUS:84855791624
VL - 42
SP - 420
EP - 429
JO - Regional Science and Urban Economics
JF - Regional Science and Urban Economics
SN - 0166-0462
IS - 3
ER -