Do Open Borders Produce Greater Happiness? An Underanalyzed Question
- Do Open Borders Produce Greater Happiness?An Underanalyzed Question
Isabel Sawhill
Brookings Institution
- Discussion
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Footnotes
1. Akerlof, Dickens, and Perry (2001).
2. Autor, Katz, and Kearney (2006).
3. Hertz (2006), citing Corak (2004).
4. Graham (forthcoming).
