Liberalized Immigration as Free Trade: Economic Welfare and the Optimal Immigration Policy
Howard F. Chang
University of Pennsylvania Law School
University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Vol. 145, No. 5, May 1997
Abstract:
This paper describes the immigration policy that would maximize the welfare of natives. Trade principles indicate that the United States should eliminate its immigration quotas and other non-tariff protectionist barriers and use immigration tariffs instead.
Note: outdated; author has copyright
JEL Classification: J60, J61
Accepted Paper Series
Suggested Citation
Chang, Howard F., Liberalized Immigration as Free Trade: Economic Welfare and the Optimal Immigration Policy
. University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Vol. 145, No. 5, May 1997. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=60947
