The fiscal impact of immigration on the advanced economies

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 561-581

  Rowthorn, Robert ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Generational accounting; Migration; Taxation

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FISCAL POLICY; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; IMMIGRATION; POPULATION MIGRATION; PUBLIC SPENDING; SKILLED LABOR; TAX SYSTEM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 58449135342     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: 14602121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/grn025     Document Type: Article

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