Bulletin n. 3/2015 | ||
January 2016 | ||
Borjas, George J. |
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Immigration and Globalization: A Review Essay | ||
in Journal of Economic Literature , Vol. 53, No. 4 , 2015 , 961-974 | ||
This essay revisits the argument that the removal of worldwide immigration restrictions would induce a very large increase in world GDP. The recent books Exodus: How Migration is Changing Our World by Paul Collier and The Price of Rights: Regulating International Labor Migration by Martin Ruhs raise a number of questions about the underlying economic model. The essay shows how these concerns can greatly attenuate the predicted gains. | ||