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On International Migration and the Social Welfare Function

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  • Quibria, M G

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In defining optimum population, economists have used two distinct concepts of the social welfare function: the Millian and the Benthamite. Although analytically the issue of the welfare impact of international migration is closely related to the concept of optimum population, the migration analysis has been based almost exclusively on the Benthamite welfare function. As its point of departure, the present note explores the implications of the alternative Millian welfare function for migration analysis. An interesting aspect of the results derived from the present exercise is that they are in sharp contradiction with the results based on the Benthamite social welfare function. This highlights the sensitivity of the results to the welfare criteria used and the need for greater caution in policy formulation. Copyright 1990 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd and the Board of Trustees of the Bulletin of Economic Research

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  • Quibria, M G, 1990. "On International Migration and the Social Welfare Function," Bulletin of Economic Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 42(2), pages 141-153, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:buecrs:v:42:y:1990:i:2:p:141-53
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    1. Harry Clarke, 1997. "International Labour Migrations and the Pseudoconvergence of National Living Standards," The Economic Record, The Economic Society of Australia, vol. 73(221), pages 120-124, June.
    2. Hendrik P. van Dalen & Kène Henkens, 2004. "The Rationality behind Immigration Preferences," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 04-002/1, Tinbergen Institute.
    3. Meckl, Jürgen, 1994. "Migration, income redistribution, and international capital mobility," Discussion Papers, Series II 230, University of Konstanz, Collaborative Research Centre (SFB) 178 "Internationalization of the Economy".

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