Migration and Welfare State: Why is America Different from Europe?
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- Razin, Assaf & Sadka, Efraim, 2014. "Migration and Welfare State: Why is America Different from Europe?," CEPR Discussion Papers 10127, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
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- F2 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business
- H23 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
- H87 - Public Economics - - Miscellaneous Issues - - - International Fiscal Issues; International Public Goods
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AGE-2014-12-19 (Economics of Ageing)
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