Basic Income for Immigrants? The Pull Effect of Social Benefits on Migration
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Àlex Boso
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Mihaela Vancea
Abstract
Despite the large number of studies in the past two decades about the basic income proposal, its relationship to the process of international migration has not yet been comprehensively addressed. In this article, we explore the feasibility of implementing a basic income that would include, in addition to citizens, those immigrants with more than one year of residence. The main objective of this study is to examine the hypothesis that basic income produces a pull effect on migration. The analysis focuses on the behaviour of agents seeking to migrate because of a basic income in a possible destination country. Using theoretical arguments and empirical analysis, we question the magnitude and even the existence of this pull effect of basic income. In our view, there are no sufficient grounds to think that introducing a basic income would lead to an increase in immigrant population.
© 2012 by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co.
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Front Matter
- List of Contributors
- Content
- Editorial
- Research Article
- The Single Farm Payment: A Basic Income for Farmers?
- Keep On Working: Unconditional Basic Income in the Lab
- Prospects and Challenges for the Basic Income Proposal in Latin America
- Basic Income for Immigrants? The Pull Effect of Social Benefits on Migration
- Book Review
- Review of “Boaventura de Sousa Santos, Another Production Is Possible: Beyond the Capitalist Canon”
- Review of “Liam Murphy and Thomas Nagel, The Myth of Ownership: Taxes and Justice”
- Review of “Frank Lovett, A General Theory of Domination and Justice”
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Front Matter
- List of Contributors
- Content
- Editorial
- Research Article
- The Single Farm Payment: A Basic Income for Farmers?
- Keep On Working: Unconditional Basic Income in the Lab
- Prospects and Challenges for the Basic Income Proposal in Latin America
- Basic Income for Immigrants? The Pull Effect of Social Benefits on Migration
- Book Review
- Review of “Boaventura de Sousa Santos, Another Production Is Possible: Beyond the Capitalist Canon”
- Review of “Liam Murphy and Thomas Nagel, The Myth of Ownership: Taxes and Justice”
- Review of “Frank Lovett, A General Theory of Domination and Justice”
