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Immigration and Economic Welfare: Resource and Environmental Aspects

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  • Clarke, Harry R
  • Ng, Yew-Kwang

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The relation between immigration and the economic welfare of residents is analyzed for resource-rich economies (such as Australia) both under competitive conditions and when various distortions are present. Immigration provides efficiency gains for residents under distortion-free competition for standard 'gains from trade'reasons. Such reasons, however, tend to be ignored by immigration and 'optimal population'theorists who raise the issue of restricting immigration without explicitly referring to the distortions. In situations where distortions and externalities are present, the authors argue that it is generally preferable to devise policies that specifically target the distortions than to restrict immigration. Copyright 1993 by The Economic Society of Australia.

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Article provided by The Economic Society of Australia in its journal The Economic Record.

Volume (Year): 69 (1993)
Issue (Month): 206 (September)
Pages: 259-73

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Handle: RePEc:bla:ecorec:v:69:y:1993:i:206:p:259-73

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  1. Matthew W. Peter & George Verikios, 1995. "The Effects of Immigration on Residents' Incomes in Australia: Some Issues Reconsidered," Centre of Policy Studies/IMPACT Centre Working Papers g-115, Monash University, Centre of Policy Studies/IMPACT Centre.
  2. Peter E. Robertson, 2007. "Reflections on Australia’s Skilled Migration Policy," Discussion Papers 2007-22, School of Economics, The University of New South Wales.
  3. Asadul Islam & Dietrich K. Fausten, 2007. "Skilled Immigration and Wages in Australia," Monash Economics Working Papers 36-07, Monash University, Department of Economics.

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