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dc.contributor.authorGaston, Noel
dc.contributor.authorRajaguru, Gulasekaran
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T11:35:14Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T11:35:14Z
dc.date.created2014-03-25T20:00:38Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.citationGaston, Noel and Rajaguru, Gulasekaran. 2013. International Migration and the Welfare State: Asian perspectives. Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy. 18 (2): pp. 271-289.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/13156
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/13547860.2013.777534
dc.description.abstract

Immigration is a controversial topic in Australia and some of its Asian neighbours. Given the potential impact on native welfare, such as effects on relative wages and unemployment, there has been political mobilisation on the immigration question. The presence of a redistributive welfare state in all major immigrant host countries creates yet another margin on which immigration affects native welfare. The focus of the paper is whether a large intake of immigrants leads to a reduction in welfare state effort. It is often argued that steady increases in immigration lead to public pressure for stricter immigration controls or for less generous publicly funded social expenditures. In terms of immigrants with similar employability and claims on the public purse to natives, it is hypothesised that the impact on welfare spending is neutral. These ideas are tested using detailed data for migration to developed countries.

dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.subjectAsia-Pacific
dc.subjectpanel estimates
dc.subjectimmigration
dc.subjectwelfare state expenditures
dc.titleInternational Migration and the Welfare State: Asian perspectives
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume18
dcterms.source.number2
dcterms.source.startPage271
dcterms.source.endPage289
dcterms.source.issn1354-7860
dcterms.source.titleJournal of the Asia Pacific Economy
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