Endogenous Immigration Policy in a Stylized Political Economy

Authors

Armando R. Lopez-Velasco, The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyFollow

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

2024

Abstract

The following sections are included:

• Introduction

• A Political Economic Model of Immigration

  • The economic environment

  • Preferences of the old

  • Preferences of the young

  • Types of equilibria

• Applications and Extensions

  • Aging

  • The model under periodic fertility rates: Baby booms and baby busts

  • Immigration and dynamic efficiency

• Conclusions

• References

• Appendix

  • The indirect utility function of the young as a function of wt, Rt+1 and bt+1

  • Proof that b t + 1 R t + 1 is given by τ ( 1 − α ) α s t

  • Derivation of the young agent’s indirect utility function (Equation (6.14))

  • Derivation of Equation (6.15)

Comments

Electronic version of an article published as Lopez-Velasco, A.R., 2024. Endogenous Immigration Policy in a Stylized Political Economy. In World Scientific Handbook of Global Migration: Volume 2: Global Migration: Alternative Views and Social Comparisons (pp. 141-164). © World Scientific Publishing Company https://doi.org/10.1142/9789811248139_0006

Recommended Citation

Lopez-Velasco, A.R., 2024. Endogenous Immigration Policy in a Stylized Political Economy. In World Scientific Handbook of Global Migration: Volume 2: Global Migration: Alternative Views and Social Comparisons (pp. 141-164). https://doi.org/10.1142/9789811248139_0006

First Page

141

Last Page

164

Publication Title

World Scientific Handbook of Global Migration

DOI

10.1142/9789811248139_0006