title: International migration, non-traded goods and economic welfare in the source country:  a comment.
abstract: "Labor emigration redistributes income in a two factor, two good economy where one good is internationally non-traded.  Labor's nominal wage rises as nominal capital payments fall.  Recent research has shown that the prices of non-traded goods rise, causing society's welfare to decline.  Here the induced change in the real income of each factor is considered separately.  There is an ambiguity with regard to the real income of non-emigrating labor.  If labor spends a relatively small fraction of income on the non-traded goods, its real income may rise, even though society suffers the loss of welfare."
mesh_terms: D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003710:Demography; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D006280:Health Workforce; D007182:Income; D008389:Marketing of Health Services; D018803:Models, Economic; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012106:Research; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits; D012942:Social Sciences; D012946:Social Welfare; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
keywords: Demographic Factors; Economic Development; Economic Factors; Economic Model; Economics; Human Resources; Income; Income Distribution; International Migration; Labor Force; Macroeconomic Factors; Marketing; Migration; Models, Theoretical; Population; Population Dynamics; Pricing; Research Methodology; Social Sciences; Social Welfare; Socioeconomic Factors; Wages; World