title: On the political economy of immigration.
abstract: The authors "study how immigration policies that impose capital and skill requirements would be determined under majority voting when native agents differ in their wealth holdings and vote to maximize their income". The results of the model calculations indicate that "the native population will be polarized between those who would like an immigration policy to maximize the domestic capital-labor ratio and those who would like an immigration policy that would minimize it".
mesh_terms: D001290:Attitude; D001519:Behavior; D003710:Demography; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D007182:Income; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011057:Politics; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011584:Psychology; D011639:Public Opinion; D011640:Public Policy; D012106:Research; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
keywords: Attitude; Behavior; Demographic Factors; Economic Factors; Income; International Migration; Migration; Migration Policy; Models, Theoretical; Policy; Political Factors; Population; Population Dynamics; Population Policy; Psychological Factors; Public Opinion; Research Methodology; Social Policy; Socioeconomic Factors; World