Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/157298 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Policy Paper No. 108
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
In this paper I share my thoughts on immigration policy. As a social scientist it is appropriate to assess the consequences, the costs and benefits, of alternative immigration policies. The policies that a country adopts regarding immigration, however, should be the outcome of a political process which should be informed by, but not dictated by, social science research. What follows is a non-technical discussion of what I see as some of the key issues regarding immigration policies currently facing the United States and other technologically advanced economies.
Subjects: 
immigration
immigrants
immigration policy
skilled and low-skilled workers
JEL: 
F22
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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