Endogenous Immigration, Human and Physical Capital Formation, and the Immigration Surplus

We evaluate the economic consequences of endogenous immigration in a two-country, two-skill, endogenous-growth model, where human and physical capital are productive assets. Adding to model yields new insights about induced-immigration effects exogenous pull push triggers, on evolution “immigration surplus” short versus long run, destination source countries, global economy. The policy we analyze include easing constraints affecting labor mobility at individual-migrant level role endowments. also origin implications asymmetries net benefits from across countries.