European countries are facing an historic moment: they are entering a new era of extraordinary and unexpected changes. The severity of the economic crisis and the humanitarian emergency situation, caused by the abnormal wave of refugees, have put the governments of the EU countries in front of a set of challenges requiring a courageous, coordinated and unified response. These factors have also contributed in focusing public attention on two important issues progressively become more urgent and dramatic: the growth in inequalities and the financial implications of migration. Recent research has shown that a certain kind of immigration – for example, the immigration of highly skilled workers – can reduce inequality and mitigate economic imbalances, thus fostering economic growth in long run. However, they also pointed out that designing policies of skill-based selection is complicated. These policies should be accompanied and supplemented by policies of social and economic integration. This paper is aimed to examine to what extent immigration can work as an effective tool of redistribution, according to the skilled immigration equalising theory formulated by Kahanec and Zimmermann in 2008. For these reasons, the study attempts to identify the optimal immigration policy to counteract the current appalling increase in inequality which threatens the realization of all human rights, and includes, at the same time, some policy proposals to assist policy makers and lawgivers in the restyling of tax-benefit systems to correct the redistributive effects of migration. In fact, we have to consider that taxation and public expenditure must be considered key tools when tackling inequality and to generate the resources necessary for poverty reduction and the realization of human rights. This study aims, therefore, to discuss whether and to what extent strengthening the resilience of national tax and welfare systems can help build resilience in human rights.

Governance of Migration in Increasingly Divided Societies and Resilience in Human Rights / Villani, Salvatore. - (2016). (Intervento presentato al convegno Oxford Symposium on Population, Migration, and the Environment tenutosi a Wadham College, Oxford, UK nel 21st – 22nd March, 2016).

Governance of Migration in Increasingly Divided Societies and Resilience in Human Rights

VILLANI, SALVATORE
2016

Abstract

European countries are facing an historic moment: they are entering a new era of extraordinary and unexpected changes. The severity of the economic crisis and the humanitarian emergency situation, caused by the abnormal wave of refugees, have put the governments of the EU countries in front of a set of challenges requiring a courageous, coordinated and unified response. These factors have also contributed in focusing public attention on two important issues progressively become more urgent and dramatic: the growth in inequalities and the financial implications of migration. Recent research has shown that a certain kind of immigration – for example, the immigration of highly skilled workers – can reduce inequality and mitigate economic imbalances, thus fostering economic growth in long run. However, they also pointed out that designing policies of skill-based selection is complicated. These policies should be accompanied and supplemented by policies of social and economic integration. This paper is aimed to examine to what extent immigration can work as an effective tool of redistribution, according to the skilled immigration equalising theory formulated by Kahanec and Zimmermann in 2008. For these reasons, the study attempts to identify the optimal immigration policy to counteract the current appalling increase in inequality which threatens the realization of all human rights, and includes, at the same time, some policy proposals to assist policy makers and lawgivers in the restyling of tax-benefit systems to correct the redistributive effects of migration. In fact, we have to consider that taxation and public expenditure must be considered key tools when tackling inequality and to generate the resources necessary for poverty reduction and the realization of human rights. This study aims, therefore, to discuss whether and to what extent strengthening the resilience of national tax and welfare systems can help build resilience in human rights.
2016
Governance of Migration in Increasingly Divided Societies and Resilience in Human Rights / Villani, Salvatore. - (2016). (Intervento presentato al convegno Oxford Symposium on Population, Migration, and the Environment tenutosi a Wadham College, Oxford, UK nel 21st – 22nd March, 2016).
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