Transboundary Pollution and International Migration
Transboundary Pollution and International Migration
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跨境污染和国际移民
DOI：
10.1111/j.1467-9396.2006.00573.x
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2006
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K. Kondoh
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K. Kondoh
我们分析了跨境污染存在下国际移民的福利效应。我们使用简化的Copeland和Taylor（1999）模型，其中（发达）母国的污染减排技术优于（欠发达）外国。如果没有贸易，工人就会从外国迁移到本国。外国从移民中获益，但母国是否获益取决于减排技术差距和跨界污染系数的大小。在移民的影响下，世界福利将会增加。如果存在货物自由贸易，当母国专门从事环境敏感产品的生产时，就会发生国际移徙。在这种情况下，移民将导致制成品产量的增加，并增加世界污染水平。
We analyze the welfare effects of international migration in the presence of transboundary pollution. We use a simplified Copeland and Taylor (1999) model, where the (developed) home country's pollution abatement technology is superior to that of the (less developed) foreign country. If there is no trade, workers will migrate from the foreign country to the home country. The foreign country gains from migration, but whether the home country gains or not depends on the abatement-technology gap and the magnitude of the coefficient of transboundary pollution. World welfare will increase under migration. If there is free trade in goods, international migration occurs when the home country specializes in the production of the environmentally sensitive good. In this case, migration will result in increased production of the manufactured good and increase the level of world pollution.