Abstract

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.

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JEL Classifications: J60, J61

Accepted Paper Series

Date posted: May 15, 1998 ; Last revised: July 09, 1998

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

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