@techreport{Razin2011Free,
abstract = {This paper tests the differential effects of the generosity of the welfare state under free migration and under policy-controlled migration, distinguishing between source developing and developed countries. We utilize free-movement within the EU to examine the free migration regime and compare that to immigration into the EU from two other groups, developed and developing source countries, to capture immigration-restricted regimes. We standardize cross-country education quality differences by using the Hanushek-Woessmann (2009) cognitive skills measure. We find strong support for the magnet hypothesis under the free-migration regime, and the fiscal burden hypothesis under the immigration-restricted regime even after controlling for differences in returns to skills in source and host countries.},
address = {Bonn},
author = {Assaf Razin and Jackline Wahba},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {J61; J48; 330; migration; welfare state; EU; Internationale Wanderung; Einwanderungsrecht; Sozialpolitik; Qualifikation; EU-Staaten; Industriestaaten; Entwicklungsl\"{a}nder},
language = {eng},
note = {urn:nbn:de:101:1-201104133664},
number = {5546},
publisher = {IZA},
title = {Free vs. restricted immigration: Bilateral country study},
type = {Discussion paper series // Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/51727},
year = {2011}
}
