Hippolyte d'Albis
(Paris School of Economics)
will give a presentation on
Immigration and Fiscal Balance: Evidence from Western European Countries
Abstract :
This paper evaluates the fiscal effect of international migration. It first proposes a theoretical framework that highlights the importance of both the demographic structure and the size of public education and pension systems. It then estimates a structural Vector Autoregressive model on a panel of 15 Western European countries over the period 1985-2015, in order to quantify the impact of immigration. Empirical results suggest that international migration had a positive impact on the economic and fiscal performance of Western European countries.
(Joint paper with Ekrame Boubtane† Dramane Coulibaly)