title: Optimal immigration, education and growth in the long run.
abstract: "The paper extends Manning's model on education and balanced growth to include labour immigration. Each immigration unit is assumed to consist of one skilled worker and some unskilled members. The optimal immigration policy which maximizes the per capita steady-state consumption of the host country is derived. We show that optimal immigration policy can reduce the steady-state skilled labour ratio.  More interesting still, contrary to the widespread belief that immigration of skilled workers hurts local skilled workers, it is the unskilled local workers whose interests are threatened by optimal immigration policy."
authors.lastname: Shea K--
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Woodfield
mesh_terms: D003710:Demography; D004467:Economics; D004522:Educational Status; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011640:Public Policy; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014171:Transients and Migrants
keywords: Demographic Factors; Economic Factors; Educational Status; Employment Status; International Migration; Labor Migration; Migration; Migration Policy; Occupational Status; Policy; Population; Population Dynamics; Population Policy; Social Policy; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; World