1998/01/01 by Dieter Gstach, Gstach, Dieter, Thomas Grandner +1
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · #Economic Policies and Impacts #Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth #Politics, Economics, and Education Policy
paper · pdf · doi:10.57938/953208f8-b76d-4f4c-984f-ebc7d56cf702
This paper deals with income redistribution and fiscal effects caused by immigration in a two-sector economy with fixed capital endowments. We consider immigration under political control into one sector only, guided by the stylized fact that empirical immigration distributions often appear highly unequal. A distinguishing feature of the present model are changing relative good prices which are ruled out in related single sector models but typically also in open economy type of models. Thus even pure wage earners may win from immigration. The political support for immigration therefore crucially depends on relative sector size. Furthermore the necessary tax-rate to finance the transfer system may decrease as result of immigration. We also demonstrate that decreasing relative productivity of the open sector is accompanied by decreasing support for immigration.