Welfare Magnet Hypothesis, Fiscal Burden, and Immigration Skill Selectivity
研究了福利国家慷慨程度对技能移民与低技能移民流入差异的影响，并比较了欧盟内部自由流动与外部限制流动两种制度下的不同效应。
Abstract In this paper, we investigate the effect of welfare state generosity on the difference between skilled and unskilled migration rates, and the role of mobility restriction in shaping this effect. We utilize the free labor movement within the European Union plus Norway and Switzerland (EUR) and the restricted movement from outside the EUR in order to compare the free‐migration regime to the restricted‐migration regime. We find strong support for the magnet hypothesis under the free‐migration regime, and the fiscal burden hypothesis under the restricted‐migration regime, even after controlling for differences in educational quality and returns to skills in source and host countries.