Casting the naturalization of asylum seekers as an economic problem

Stark, Oded (2010): Casting the naturalization of asylum seekers as an economic problem. Published in: Economics Letters , Vol. 108, No. 3 (2010): pp. 286-290.

Abstract

The asylum seekers who choose the level of investment in the host-country-specific human capital, and the government of the host country that chooses the probability of naturalization are modeled as optimizing economic agents in a setting not of their choosing.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: The probability of naturalization; Investment in host-country-specific human capital; Economic behavior of asylum seekers; Economic behavior of the government of the host country; Stackelberg game
• Subjects: F - International Economics > F2 - International Factor Movements and International Business > F20 - General; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J4 - Particular Labor Markets > J41 - Labor Contracts; A - General Economics and Teaching > A1 - General Economics > A13 - Relation of Economics to Social Values; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J6 - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers > J61 - Geographic Labor Mobility ; Immigrant Workers; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J2 - Demand and Supply of Labor > J24 - Human Capital ; Skills ; Occupational Choice ; Labor Productivity

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