MIGRATION AND THE PUBLIC-SECTOR - A SURVEY

A review of the existing literature on human migration reveals relativ ely few studies that explicitly examine the relationships between publ ic policy decisions and human migration flows. The surveyed literature includes studies of national policies, such as defence spending, migr ation subsidies and intergovernmental transfers, as well as sub-nation al policies, such as welfare and unemployment benefits, state and loca l taxes, education and other public services. Suggestions for incorpor ating public sector information into existing migration analysis frame works and further areas of research are provided.