The immigration surplus revisited in a general equilibrium model with endogenous growth*

Journal of Regional Science

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 569-601

  Drinkwater, Stephen ^a   Levine, Paul ^a   Lotti, Emanuela ^a   Pearlman, Joseph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENDOGENOUS GROWTH; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; IMMIGRATION; LABOR MIGRATION; POPULATION MIGRATION; SKILLED LABOR;

EID: 34447254724     PISSN: 00224146     EISSN: 14679787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9787.2007.00521.x     Document Type: Article

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