TIL: Immigration Ratios

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From Eric Posner and E. Weyl, Radical Markets:


USA - 1:9
Bahrain, Oman - 1:1
Saudi Arabia - 1:2
Singapore - 2:3
Australia - 1:2

In high-ratio countries, economic benefits of immigration come with severe rights restrictions and efficient police enforcement attached.

Comments

[lm644]

I would not cite GCC countries as an example to follow. Their migrants are a workforce with no rights, mostly unskilled labor from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and other less fortunate countries. These migrants are heavily exploited and treated dismally.

Even more prosperous professionals from India, Egypt, Jordan, etc. have no hope of ever becoming citizens and are forever a third class citizens (albeit well compensated for their troubles).