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Journal of Economic Literature

ISSN 0022-0515 (Print) | ISSN 2328-8175 (Online)

Immigration and Globalization: A Review Essay

  • George J. Borjas
Journal of Economic Literature
vol. 53, no. 4, December 2015
(pp. 961–74)
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Abstract

This essay revisits the argument that the removal of worldwide immigration restrictions would induce a very large increase in world GDP. The recent books Exodus: How Migration is Changing Our World by Paul Collier and The Price of Rights: Regulating International Labor Migration by Martin Ruhs raise a number of questions about the underlying economic model. The essay shows how these concerns can greatly attenuate the predicted gains. (JEL F22, F66, J11, J18, J61)

Citation

Borjas, George J. 2015. "Immigration and Globalization: A Review Essay." Journal of Economic Literature, 53 (4): 961–74. DOI: 10.1257/jel.53.4.961

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JEL Classification

  • F22 International Migration
  • F66 Economic Impacts of Globalization: Labor
  • J11 Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts
  • J18 Demographic Economics: Public Policy
  • J61 Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers