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dc.contributor.authorSand, Edithen
dc.contributor.authorRazîn, Assafen
dc.date.accessioned2007-07-25-
dc.date.accessioned2009-07-28T08:15:00Z-
dc.date.available2009-07-28T08:15:00Z-
dc.date.issued2007-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/26024-
dc.description.abstractIn the political debate people express the idea that immigrants are good because they can help pay for the old. The paper explores this idea in a dynamic political-economy setup. We characterize sub-game perfect Markov equilibria where immigration policy and pay-as-yougo (PAYG) social security system are jointly determined through a majority voting process. The main feature of the model is that immigrants are desirable for the sustainability of the social security system, because the political system is able to manipulate the ratio of old to young and thereby the coalition which supports future high social security benefits. We demonstrate that the older is the native born population the more likely is that the immigration policy is liberalized; which in turn has a positive effect on the sustainability of the social security system.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aCenter for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo) |cMunichen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aCESifo Working Paper |x1979en
dc.subject.jelH10en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.stwEinwanderungen
dc.subject.stwMigrationspolitiken
dc.subject.stwSozialversicherungsfinanzierungen
dc.subject.stwUmlageverfahrenen
dc.subject.stwPublic Choiceen
dc.subject.stwAlternde Bevölkerungen
dc.subject.stwTheorieen
dc.titleThe role of immigration in sustaining the social security system: a political economy approach-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn538173726en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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