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| KONDO Kenji |  |
| School of Economics | |
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Last Updated :2024/10/23
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Name
Name
KONDO Kenji
Profile & Settings
Profile
2015.4 - 2017.3 Dean, Scholl of Economics, Chukyo University 2010.9 & 2011.2,3 Research fellow of University of Bari, Bari, Italy 2008.4 - 2011.3 Manager of Institute of Economics, Chukyo University 2000.10- current Professor, School of Economics, Chukyo University 1997.8 - 1998.7 Research fellow of McGill University, Montreal, Canada 1997.4 - 2000.9 Associate Professor, School of Economics, Chukyo University 1994.4 - 1997.3 Assistant Professor, School of Economics, Chukyo University 1991.4 - 1994.3 Teacher of Zuiryo High School 1988.4 - 1991.3 Teacher of Showa High School 1984.4 - 1988.3 Teacher of Nisshin High School
Affiliations
Affiliation (Master)
- School of Economics, Professor
- Department of Economics, Professor
- Institute of Economics, Researcher
- Graduate School of Economics, Professor
Education, Etc.
Education
- Apr. 1980, Mar. 1984, Kyoto University, Department of Economics
- Apr. 1989, Mar. 1994, Nagoya City University, Graduate School of Economics
Degree
- Economics, Mar. 1984, Kyoto University
- Economics, Mar. 1991, Nagoya City University
- Economics, Jul. 2000, Nagoya City University
その他基本情報
Committee Memberships
- Oct. 2016, Oct. 2018, The Japan Society of International Economics, Editor for the Journal of the Society
- Oct. 2013, The Japan Society of International Economics, Executive Director
Academic & Professional Experience
Research Activities
Research Areas, Etc.
Research Areas
Research Interests
Book, papers, etc
Published Papers
- Agritourism, the Inflow of Foreign Workers, and Economic Welfare in Developed Countries
Kenji Kondoh and Hiroshi Kurata
S. Marjit & B. Mandal (eds.) International Trade, Resource Mobility and Adjustments in a Changing World, Springer, 421, 436, 2024, refereed, Joint Work - Protecting Brain Drain Versus Excluding Low-Quality Workers
Kenji Kondoh and Kiyoshi Matsubara
Cuong Le Van, Van Pham-Hoang, and Makoto Tawada (eds.) "International Trade, Economic Development, and the Vietnamese Economy", Springer, New Frontiers in Regional Science: Asian Perspectives 61, 65, 73, 2022, Not refereed, Joint Work - Agritourism, Unemployment, and Urban-Rural Migration
Kenji Kondoh and Hiroshi Kurata
Amitrajeet A. Batabyal, Yoshiro Higano and Peter Nijkamp (Eds.) Rural-Urban Dichotomies and Spatial Development in Asia, Springer, 25, 42, 2021, refereed, Joint Work - A Paradoxical Immigration Restriction Policy for Unskilled Illegal Immigrants
Kenji Kondoh
Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science, Springer, 4, 2, 479, 497, 2020, refereed, Single Work - Tourism, Capital/Labor Inflow, and Regional Development
Yuichi Furukawa, Kenji Kondoh, Shigemi Yabuuchi
International Advances in Economic Research, Springer, 25, 2, 221, 233, 2019, refereed, Joint Work - Subsidy to Environmental Industry in a North-South Model of Trans-Boundary Pollution, Trade and Migration
Nicola D. Coniglio and Kenji Kondoh
Modern Issues of International Trade Theory, Keiso Shobo, 219, 230, 2019, Not refereed, Joint Work - Restriction Policy and Two Co-existing Types of Illegal Immigration
Kenji Kondoh
Asia Pacific Journal of Regional Science, Springer, 2, 1, 159, 176, 2018, refereed, Single Work - "International Immigration via Two Different Types of Midstream Countries"
Kenji Kondoh
Binh Tran-Nam, Makoto Tawada and Masayuki Okawa (Eds.) Recent Developments in Normative Trade Theory and Welfare Economics, Springer, New Frontiers in Regional Science: Asian Perspectives, 26, 141, 154, 2018, refereed, Single Work - International Integration with Heterogeneous Immigration Policies
Nicola D. Coniglio and Kenji Kondoh
International Economics, Elsevier, 142, 15, 31, 2015, refereed, Joint Work - Renewable Resources, Environmental Pollution, and International Migration
Kenji Kondoh
The International Economy, The Japan Society of International Economics, 17, 1, 14, 2015, refereed, Single Work - Emigration, Immigration, and Skill Formation: The Case of a Midstream Country
Kenji Kondoh
International Journal of Population Research, Hindawi, 1, 8, 2014, refereed, Single Work - Unemployment, Environmental Policy, and International Migration
Kenji Kondoh and Shigemi Yabuuchi
Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, Taylor & Francis, 21, 5, 677, 690, 2012, refereed, Joint Work - Globalization and Economic Welfare: The Presence of an Unfair Gap between Skilled Workers
Kenji Kondoh
Mediterranean Journal of Social Science, 3, 5, 17, 24, 2012, refereed, Single Work - Can an EPA Help a Country with a Decreasing Population
Kenji Kondoh
Asia Pacific Journal of Accounting and Economics, APJAE, 17, 1, 1, 16, 2010, refereed, Single Work - Pollution Abatement Equipment and International Migration
Kenji Kondoh
Asia Pacific Journal of Accounting and Economics, APJAE, 16, 3, 285, 295, 2009, refereed, Single Work - Trans-boundary Pollution, Free Trade Agreement /Economic Partnership Agreement and Economic Welfare
Kenji Kondoh
International Journal of Economics and Business Reserach, Inderscience Publishers, 1, 1, 136, 152, 2009, refereed, Single Work - Temporary and Permanent Immigration under Unionization
Laixun Zhao & Kenji Kondoh
Review of Development Economics, Blackwell, 11, 2, 346, 358, 2007, refereed, Joint Work - Trans-Boundary Pollution and Brain Drain Migration
Kenji Kondoh
Review of Development Economics, 11, 2, 333, 345, 2007, refereed, Joint Work - The Frequency of Migration and Optimal Restriction Policies
Kenji Kondoh
Global Business & Economics Anthology, Business & Economics Society International, 2006, 1, 197, 209, 2006, refereed, Single Work - Trans-boundary Pollution and International Migration
Kenji Kondoh
Review of International Economics, Blackwell, 14, 2, 248, 260, 2006, refereed, Single Work - International Immigration, Economic Welfare in an Efficiency Wage Model
Kenji Kondoh
Pacific Economic Review, Wiley, 9, 1, 1, 12, 2004, refereed, Single Work - International Immigration, NonTraded Goods, and Economic Welfare in an Overlapping Generations Model
Kenji Kondoh
Alan D. Woodland (Eds.) Economic Theory and International Trade, Edward Elgar, 268, 277, 2002, refereed, Single Work - Legal Migration and Illegal Migration; The Effectiveness of Qualitative and Quantitative Restriction Policies
Kenji Kondoh
Journal of International Trade and Economics Development, Routledge, 9, 3, 227, 245, 2000, refereed, Single Work - Permanent Migrants and Cross-Border Workers: The Effects on the Host Country
Kenji Kondoh
Journal of Regional Science, Blackwell, 38, 3, 467, 478, 1999, refereed, Single Work
Books etc
- The Current Economic Topics and International Migration
Kenji Kondoh
All, Keiso Shobo, 2021, 978-4326549696, 10 papers originally published in the refereed journals are included. The effects of labor mobility are analyzed considering protection of the natural environment, tourism, regional economic integration, and illegal immigration. - Current topics of International Trade Theory
Kenji Kondoh, Yasuhiro Takarada, and Nobuhito Suga
Chapter 12, Keiso Shobo, 2019, 978-4326549764 - The Economics of International Immigration: Unemployment, the Wage Gap, and Economic Welfare
Kenji Kondoh
Springer, 2016 - Environment, Trade and International Migration (in Japanese)
Kenji Kondoh
2009 - The Economics of International Migration (in Japanese)
Kenji Kondoh
2000
Conference Activities & Talks
- How can we solve the Problems caused by over-tourism
Kenji Kondoh
63rd ERSA Congress, 2024, Single Work, refereed, European Regional Science Association, Terceira Island, Azores, Portugal - Agritourism, the Inflow of Foreign Workers and Economic Welfare in a Developed Country
Kenji Kondoh
62nd ERSA Congress, 2023, Joint Work, refereed, Speaker, European Regional Science Association, Alicante, Spain, This study examines the effects of labor inflow into a developed country with the agritourism sector under free trade and capital movement. The country comprises two regions: an urban area where the manufacturing sector is located, and a rural area where both the agricultural and agritourism sectors are located. We assume free labor mobility between the two areas and structural, frictional unemployment in the urban area. We demonstrate that under environmentally friendly agritourism and other reasonable assumptions, additional inflow of permanent immigrants without remittance will enhance the natural environment, the rural wage rate, and domestic welfare, and will reduce the urban unemployment rate and urban-rural wage gap. However, additional inflow of cross-border commuter workers who remit all their income to the home country will not cause any changes to the economy of the host country. - Agritourism, Natural Environment, Unemployment and Economic Welfare in a developed country
Kenji Kondoh
19th International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic & Social Sustinability, 2023, Joint Work, refereed, Presentation, On Sustainability, Ljubljana, Slovenia - Agritourism, the Inflow of Foreign Workers, and Economic Welfare in a Developed Country
Kenji Kondoh
12th International Conference & Summer School "Economics of Global Interactions: New Perspectives on Trade, Factor Mobility and Development", 2022, Joint Work, refereed, Presentation, University of Bari, Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy - Agritourism, Unemployment, and Economic Welfare in a Developed Country
Kenji Kondoh and Hiroshi Kurata
JSIE 11th Spring Meeting, 2022, Joint Work, refereed, Presentation, JSIE, Hirosaki University - Restriction Policies to Lower Quality of Unskilled Foreign Workers
Kenji Kondoh
10th International Conference on Economics of Global Interactions: New Perspectives on Trade, Factor Mobility and Development, 2019, Single Work, refereed, Presenter, University of Bari, Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy, We consider two types of illegal migrants to a developed country based on the expected lifetime income: low-risk entrance with high-risk of detection during their stay (type A) and high-risk entrance with low-risk of detection (type B). Also following new immigration policy introduced by Japan’s government in 2019, we consider two types of legal unskilled immigrants, limited staying period without their families (specific skills #1) and permitted permanent stay with their families (specific skills #2). We consider three possible cases co-existing those various types of migrants as the results of each individual’s choice. If all of four types of immigrants exist, paradoxically, we found that policies encouraging introduction of type B illegal immigrants will be the most preferable restriction policies for the host country which intends to improve both foreign workers’ quality and economic welfare of domestic residents. - Restriction Policies to lower quality foreign workers: in case of co-existing legal immigration and two types of illegal immigration
Kenji Kondoh
59th ERSA Congress, 2019, Single Work, refereed, Session Chair, Presentater, European Regional Science Association, Lyon, France, We consider two types of illegal migrants to a developed country based on the expected lifetime income: low-risk entrance with high-risk of detection during their stay (type A) and high-risk entrance with low-risk of detection (type B). Also following new immigration policy introduced by Japan’s government in 2019, we consider two types of legal unskilled immigrants, limited staying period without their families (specific skills #1) and permitted permanent stay with their families (specific skills #2). We consider three possible cases co-existing those various types of migrants as the results of each individual’s choice. If all of four types of immigrants exist, paradoxically, we found that policies encouraging introduction of type B illegal immigrants will be the most preferable restriction policies for the host country which intends to improve both foreign workers’ quality and economic welfare of domestic residents. - Tourism, Capital/Labor Inflow, and Regional Development
Kenji Kondoh
ETSG 2018 Warsaw, 2018, Joint Work, refereed, Presentation, European Trade Study Group, Warsaw, Poland - Does the Promotion of Environmentally Friendly Tourism Always Improve the Economic Welfare?
Kenji Kondoh
58th ERSA Congress, 2018, Joint Work, refereed, Presentaion, European Regional Science Association, Cork - Tourism, Capital/Labor Inflow and Regional Development
Kenji Kondoh & Yuichi Furukawa
85th International Atlantic Economic Conference, 2018, Joint Work, refereed, International Atlantic Economic Society, London - International Immigration via Different Two-type Midstream Countries
Kenji Kondoh
83rd International Atlantic Economic Conference, 2017, Single Work, International Atlantic Economic Society, Berlin - International Immigration via Different Two-type Midstream Countries
Kenji Kondoh
7th International Conference on Economics of Global Interactions: New Perspectives on Trade, Factor Mobility and Development, 2016, Single Work, refereed, University of Bari, Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy - International Immigration via Different Two-type Midstream Countries
Kenji Kondoh
56th European Regional Science Association Congress, 2016, Single Work, refereed, European Regional Science Association, Vienna, Austlia - Emigration, Immigration and Skill Formation: The Case of a Midstream Country
Kenji Kondoh
5th International Conference on Economics of Global Interactions: New Perspectives on Trade, Factor Mobility and Development, 2014, Single Work, University of Bari, Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy - Multilateral economic integration and international migration: The economy of a midstream country
Kenji Kondoh
European Trade Study Group 2014, 2014, Single Work, refereed, European Trade Study Group, Munich, Germany - Multilateral Economic Integration and International Migration: The Special Case of Russia, a Midstream Country
Kenji Kondoh
54th European Regional Science Association Congress, 2014, Single Work, refereed, European Regional Science Association, Saint Petersburg, Russia - Regional Integration with Heterogeneous Immigration Policies
Kenji Kondoh & Nicola D. Coniglio
4th International Conference on Economics of Global Interactions: New Perspectives on Trade, Factor Mobility and Development, 2013, Joint Work, refereed, University of Bari, Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy - Renewable Resource, Environmental Pollution and International Migration
Kenji Kondoh
53rd European Regional Science Association Congress, 2013, Single Work, refereed, European Regional Science Association, Parelmo, Italy - Gains from globalization in the presence of an unfair competition between skilled workers
Kenji Kondoh
TCI 2012 Annual Conference, 2012, Single Work, refereed, TCI Network, Bilbao & San Sebastian, Spain - Subsidy to environmental industry in a north-south model of trans-boundary pollution, trade and migration
Kenji Kondoh
52nd European Regional Science Association Congress, 2012, Single Work, refereed, European Regional Science Association, Bratislava, Slovakia - International Integration with Heterogeneous Immigration Policies
Kenji Kondoh
9th World Congress of Regional Science Association International, 2012, Joint Work, refereed, Regional Science Association International, Timisoara, Romania - Globalization and Economic Welfare: The Presence of an Unfair Gap between Skilled Workers
Kenji Kondoh
2nd International Conference on Human and Social Science, 2012, Single Work, refereed, Mediterranean Center of Social and Educational Research, Tirana, Albania - International Integration with Heterogeneous Immigration Policies
Kenji Kondoh
Chukyo-Kyoto International Conference on Trade and Macro Economic Dynamics, 2011, Joint Work, Not refereed, Kyoto University & Chukyo University, Nagoya Urban Institute, Japan - Subsidy to environmental industry in a North-South model of trans-boundary pollution, trade and migration
Kenji Kondoh
70th International Atlantic Economic Society Conference, 2011, Joint Work, International Atlantic Economic Society, Athens, Greece - Unemployment, Environmental Policy, and International Migration
Kenji Kondoh
European Trade Study Group 2010, 2010, Joint Work, refereed, European Trade Study Group, Lawsanne, Switzerland - Intra-industry Trade, Environmental Policy and International Migration,
Kenji Kondoh
1st International Conference on Economics of Global Interactions: New Perspectives on Trade, Factor Mobility and Development, 2010, Single Work, refereed, University of Bari, Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy - International Migration, Trade Liberalization and Pollution Abatement Equipment
Kenji Kondoh
69th International Atlantic Economic Society Conference, 2010, Single Work, refereed, International Atlantic Economic Society, Prague, Czech Republic - Pollution Abatement Equipment and International Migration
Kenji Kondoh
Annual Conference of Korean International Economiic Association, 2009, Single Work, refereed, Annual Conference of Korean International Economiic Association, Seoul, Korea - International Factor Mobility, Efficiency Wage Rate, and Imperfect Competition
Kenji Kondoh
49th Congress of the European Regional Science Association, 2009, Single Work, refereed, European Regional Science Association, Lodz, Poland - Pollution Abatement Equipment and International Migration
Kenji Kondoh
The 2009 Asia Pacific Journal of Accounting and Economics Symposium on Trade, Environment and Resources, 2009, Single Work, refereed, Asia Pacific Journal of Accounting and Economics, Hong-Kong, China - Trans-boundary Pollution, FTA/EPA and Economic Welfare
Kenji Kondoh
Business and Economic Society International 2008 Conference, 2008, Single Work, refereed, Business and Economic Society International, Lugano, Switzerland - The Frequency of Migration and Optimal Restriction Policies
Kenji Kondoh
19th Annual Conference of European Association of Labour Economists, 2007, Single Work, refereed, European Association of Labour Economists, Oslo, Norway - Trans-Boundary Pollution and Brain Drain Migration
Kenji Kondoh
15th Annual Conference of European Association of Environmental and Resource Economics, 2007, Single Work, refereed, European Association of Environmental and Resource Economics, Thessaloniki, Greece - Temporary and Permanent Immigration under Unionization
Kenji Kondoh & Laixun Zhao
New Paradigms in Economics of Welfare and Trade under Globalisation, 2006, Joint Work, refereed, University of New South Wales & ATAX, Sydney, Aiustralia - The Frequency of Migration and Optimal Restriction Policies
Kenji Kondoh
Business and Economic Society International 2006 Conference, 2006, Single Work, refereed, Business and Economic Society International, Florence, Italy - International Labor Standards and International Migration
Kenji Kondoh
The 19th Pacific Regional Science Conference, 2005, Joint Work, refereed, Regional Science Association International, Tokyo, Japan - International Labor Standards and International Migration
Kenji Kondoh
19th Annual Conference of the European Society for Population Economics, 2005, Joint Work, refereed, European Society for Population Economics, Paris, France - International Labor Standards and International Migration
Kenji Kondoh & Laixun Zhao
Kobe COE One-Day Conference on Labor Mobility and International Trade, 2004, Joint Work, refereed, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan - Temporary and Permanent Immigration under Unionization
Kenji Kondoh
44th Congress of the European Regional Science Association, 2004, Joint Work, refereed, European Regional Science Association, Porto, Portugal - Trans-Boundary Pollution and International Migration
Kenji Kondoh
European Trade Study Group 2003, 2003, Single Work, refereed, European Trade Study Group, Madrid, Spain - International Migration, Remittance and Trans-Boundary Pollution
Kenji Kondoh
18th Pacific Regional Science Conference, 2003, Single Work, refereed, Regional Science Association International, Acapulco, Mexico - Immigration and Remittance under Unionization
Kenji Kondoh
International Conference - International Trade and Factor Mobility, 2003, Joint Work, refereed, Kansai University, Osaka, Japan - Trans-Boundary Pollution and International Migration
Kenji Kondoh
61st Annual Conference of the Japan Society of International Economics, 2002, Single Work, refereed, The Japan Society of International Economics, Sendai, Japan - Trans-Boundary Pollution and International Migration
Kenji Kondoh
42nd Congress of the European Regional Science Association, 2002, Single Work, refereed, European Regional Science Association, Dortmund, Germany - International Immigration, Economic Welfare in an Efficiency Wage Model
Kenji Kondoh
13th International Symposium, The Secretariat of the PRSCO of the RSAI, 2001, Single Work, Regional Science Association International, Kyoto, Japan - Legal and Illegal Immigration in an Efficiency Wage Model
Kenji Kondoh
41st Congress of the European Regional Science Association, 2001, Single Work, refereed, European Regional Science Association, Zagreb, Croatia - Legal Migration and Illegal Migration: The Effectiveness of Qualitative and Quantitative Restriction Policies
Kenji Kondoh
Japan-China Economic and Academic Exchange Conference in Nagoya, 1998, Single Work, Not refereed, Nagoya City University & Nanjing University, Nagoya, Japan - Permanent Migrants and Cross-Border Workers
Kenji Kondoh
Conference on Economics in Business and Government, 1996, Single Work, refereed, University of New South Wales, Brisbane, Australia - Illegal Migrants in an Overlapping-Generations Model
Kenji Kondoh
5th World Congress Regional Science Association International, 1996, Single Work, refereed, Regional Science Association International, Tokyo, Japan - Permanent Migrants and Cross-Border Workers
Kenji Kondoh
1995 Japan Economic Association Annual Conference, 1995, Single Work, refereed, Japan Economic Association, Tokyo, Japan
Other Research Activities
Awards & Honors
- 2017, Kenji Kondoh, The Japan Section of Regional Science Association International
- 2017, Kenji Kondoh, Japan Association for Applied Economics
- 2012, Kenji Kondoh, The Japan Society of International Economics, The Kojima Kiyoshi Prize
- 2003, Kenji Kondoh, The Japan Section of Regional Science Association International
Research Grants & Projects
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(C), Construction, nursing care, agriculture: Economic impact of policies to expand the acceptance of foreign labor limited to specific industrial sectors, 2024, 2024, 2028, 24K04898 - 2023
- 2019, 2019, 2021, 19K01637
- The Nitto Foundation Presentation
Research grants abroad
Research grants from companies, International Economics, Tourism, Capital/Labor Inflow and Regional Development, 2017, 201711, 201912 - Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Competitive Funding, Economic Policy, International Immigration via Two Different Types of Midstream Countries, 2016, 2016.4, 2019.3, 16K03676 - Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Competitive Funding, Economic Policy, Multilateral Economic Partnership Agreements and Globalization of Labor Market, 2013, 2013.4, 2016.3, 25380340, We investigate the economy of a small country that exports skilled labor to more-developed countries and simultaneously imports unskilled labor from less-developed countries. If this country adopts an optimal immigration policy by imposing an income tax on immigrants that maximizes national income, skills formation will be negatively affected. Moreover, under certain conditions, we can assert that the wage gap between domestic skilled/unskilled workers will increase owing to the restriction on foreign unskilled workers. We also build a simple three-country model where two rich countries with different immigration policies receive immigrants from a third, developing country. We consider the effects of economic integration in the form of the free mobility of native workers: we show that under certain conditions, the wage gap between the two developed countries is crucial, whether the integration outcome is win-win or lose-lose. - Erasmus Mundus
Competitive Funding, International Migration and Natural Environment, 2010, 2010.9, 2011.3, This special fund is for researchers whose duty is study in University of Bari, Aldo Moro for three months in a year. - Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Competitive Funding, Applied Economics, Strategic Promotion of Environmentally Friendly Industries by Developed Countries Suffering from Aging and Unemployment - International Trade Model Analysis, 2010, 2010.4, 2013.3, 22530244 - Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Competitive Funding, Theoretical Analysis on the Effects of FTA in Asia on the Industrial Structure and Income Differential, 2007, 2007.4, 2010.3, 19530210, The economic effects of liberalization of trade and international factor movements due to FTA have been analyzed theoretically. As a result, trade liberalization and an inflow of capital or labor have an important influence on unemployment and skilled-unskilled wage differential. For example, trade liberalization reduces the wage gap and unemployment under certain conditions, and trade liberalization is preferable to international factor movement for the policy goals. - Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Competitive Funding, Economic Policy, Strategic Selection to Introducing Foreign Workers by Population Decreasing Developed Countries, 2007, 2007.4, 2010.3, 19530255, In case that introducing unskilled workers and training them in terms of skill under EPA program, we find that the optimal policy is to announce the required period of skill training while total number of immigrants to be given endogenously. We also find the possibility that pollution abatement equipments industry can help to realize global gain from international migration. On the other hand, we also find that under the consideration of urban unemployment, immigration of skilled or unskilled workers might expand domestic wage gap. - Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Competitive Funding, Applied Economics, Teansboundary Pollution and International Migration, 2003, 2003.4, 2005.3, 15530167, We analyse the welfare effects of international migration in the presence of trans-boundary 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 trans-boundary 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.