The Economics of International Immigration Environment, Unemployment, the Wage Gap, and Economic Welfare /

This is the first book that takes a theoretical approach to the effects of international immigration by considering the current economic topics confronted by more highly developed countries such as Japan. Developed here is the classic trade model by Heckscher–Ohlin–Samuelson, McDougall’s basic model...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kondoh, Kenji (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Series:New Frontiers in Regional Science: Asian Perspectives, 27
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction and Summary
  • Part I. International Migration and the Economy of the Host Country
  • 2. Permanent Migrants and Cross-Border Workers: The Effects on the Host Country
  • 3. Legal Migration and Illegal Migration: The Effectiveness of Qualitative and Quantitative Restriction Policies
  • Part II. International Immigration and the Labor Market
  • 4. International Immigration and Economic Welfare in an Efficiency Wage Model: The Coexistence Case of Both Legal and Illegal Foreign Workers
  • 5. Temporary and Permanent Immigration Under Unionization
  • 6. The Frequency of Migration and Optimal Restriction Policies
  • Part III. International Immigration and the Natural Environment
  • 7. Trans-boundary Pollution and International Migration
  • 8. Trans-boundary Pollution and Brain Drain Migration
  • 9. Pollution Abatement Equipment and International Migration
  • 10. Unemployment, Environmental Policy, and International Migration
  • 11. Renewable Resources, Environmental Pollution, and International Migration
  • Part IV. International Immigration and Economic Integration
  • 12. International Integration with Heterogeneous Immigration Policies
  • 13. Emigration, Immigration, and Skill Formation: The Case of a Midstream Country
  • 14. Can the Economic Partnership Agreements Help the Developed Country with a Decreasing Population?.