Transferability of Migration Licenses and the Distribution of Potential Rents
Posted: 27 Oct 2003
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Transferability of Migration Licenses and the Distribution of Potential Rents
Penn State Dept. of Economics Working Paper No. 9-01-1
Number of pages: 30
Posted: 04 Nov 2001
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Transferability of Migration Licenses and the Distribution of Potential Rents
NBER Working Paper No. w8619
Number of pages: 31
Posted: 29 Nov 2001
Last Revised: 22 Jul 2022
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Abstract
This paper compares the effects of migration restrictions under transferability and non transferability of licenses. There is reason to expect that a policy of making licenses non-transferable will not only affect production efficiency, but also to allow producers to capture more of the potential migration rents.
Keywords: Migration, license, transferability
JEL Classification: F22, D45
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Krishna, Kala and Lafean Bivins, Laura, Transferability of Migration Licenses and the Distribution of Potential Rents. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=458444
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