title: [Immigration, income distribution, and social welfare].
abstract: "This paper explores the consequences of immigration for aggregate income and income distribution. On the one hand, immigration generally increases the residents' aggregate income, on the other hand, it makes income distribution more unequal if immigrants bring little capital with them. These two effects can be analyzed jointly using a measure of social welfare. In general, the arrival of immigrants owning little capital lowers social welfare of residents and immigration of capital-rich persons increases it." (SUMMARY IN ENG AND GER)
mesh_terms: D003710:Demography; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D007182:Income; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012946:Social Welfare; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014171:Transients and Migrants
keywords: Capital; Demographic Factors; Economic Factors; Immigrants; Income; Income Distribution; International Migration; Macroeconomic Factors; Migrants; Migration; Population; Population Dynamics; Social Welfare; Socioeconomic Factors; World
vernacular_title: Immigration, distribution des revenus et bien-etre social.