On generalizing the economic analysis of international migration: a note

The author critically examines an article by Kar-Yui Wong concerning "two important, well-known propositions on international factor movements--namely, first, finite international factor movements are beneficial to the nationals of the destination-country but detrimental to those who are left behind in the source-country; and second, marginal movements do not have such welfare implications.... The present paper, by utilizing the indirect trade utility function, derives...results in a manner that is both direct and at once intuitively transparent."