Can market mechanisms solve the refugee crisis?

Artikel

The unequal distribution of refugees across countries could unravel the international refugee protection system or, in the case of the EU, hinder a common policy response to refugee crises. A way to distribute refugees efficiently, while respecting their rights, is to combine two market mechanisms. First, a market for tradable refugee admission quotas that allows refugees to be established wherever it is less costly to do so. Second, a matching system that links refugees to their preferred destinations, and host countries to their preferred types of refugees. The proposal is efficient but has yet to be tested in practice.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: IZA World of Labor ; ISSN: 2054-9571 ; Year: 2016 ; Bonn: Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; International Migration ; International Fiscal Issues; International Public Goods ; International Law ; International Linkages to Development; Role of International Organizations
• Subject: international migration ; refugees ; tradable quotas ; matching ; public goods

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Fernández-Huertas Moraga, Jesús
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2016

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.15185/izawol.244
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/148469
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET