Economic and welfare effects of immigration policy: Lessons from the experience of Kuwait

IF 3.5 2区 经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS
Ayele Gelan, Shaima Al-Shamali, Wafa Awadh
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Abstract

Immigration has increasingly caused heated debates in many countries. Political populism has often given rise to anti-immigrant attitude among the public. Immigration policy decisions have often been based on perceptions and attitudes rather than evidences, specifically considerations of net benefits to the host country. The main objective of this study is to quantify economic impacts of immigration policy, focusing on economic and welfare consequences of reducing the size of immigrant labor. This is illustrated by using the case of Kuwait. The authorities have recently decided to reduce the size of immigrant population. This study set out with the aim of measuring consequences of reducing immigrant labor. A multi-sectoral and economy-wide model was utilized. The model was specified appropriately to capture most features of a segmented labor market. Simulation experiments were conducted in scenarios related to the existing policy, the proposed policy of reducing the number of immigrants, and mitigations required to minimize adverse impacts of the immigration policy reform. The focus was on macro-economy, sectoral and welfare and income distribution impacts. The results obtained indicated inevitable adverse economic and welfare impacts on natives unless the reduction in immigrant labor was accompanied with productivity enhancing policies.

移民政策的经济和福利影响:科威特的经验教训
移民问题在许多国家引起了越来越激烈的争论。政治民粹主义经常在公众中引起反移民的态度。移民政策的决定往往是基于看法和态度,而不是基于证据,特别是考虑到东道国的净利益。本研究的主要目的是量化移民政策的经济影响,重点关注减少移民劳动力规模的经济和福利后果。以科威特为例说明了这一点。当局最近决定减少移民人口的规模。本研究旨在衡量减少外来劳动力的后果。采用了多部门和全经济模式。该模型被适当地指定,以捕捉分段劳动力市场的大多数特征。在与现有政策、减少移民数量的拟议政策以及减少移民政策改革不利影响所需缓解措施相关的情景下进行了模拟实验。重点是宏观经济、部门性和福利及收入分配的影响。所得的结果表明,除非减少移民劳动力的同时实施提高生产率的政策,否则不可避免地会对当地人的经济和福利产生不利影响。
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Policy Modeling is published by Elsevier for the Society for Policy Modeling to provide a forum for analysis and debate concerning international policy issues. The journal addresses questions of critical import to the world community as a whole, and it focuses upon the economic, social, and political interdependencies between national and regional systems. This implies concern with international policies for the promotion of a better life for all human beings and, therefore, concentrates on improved methodological underpinnings for dealing with these problems.
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