Global migration and the world economy: two centuries of policy and performance
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Beteiligte Personen: Hatton, Timothy J. 1949- (VerfasserIn), Williamson, Jeffrey G. 1935- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England The MIT Press 2008
Ausgabe:paperback edition
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Beschreibung:Originally published: 2006
Goals and guidelines -- I. The rise of world mass migration. Evolving world migrations since Columbus -- The transition to mass migration: how it all began -- What drove European mass emigration? -- Emigrant origins and immigrant outcomes -- The impact of mass migration on convergence and inequality -- Mass migrations in the poor periphery -- -- II. The fall of world mass migration. Political debate and policy backlash -- The demise of mass migration and its impact -- -- III. The rise (again) of world mass migration. Resurrection: world migration since World War II -- World migration under policy constraints -- Where are all the Africans? -- The rise (and fall?) of asylum seeking -- The labor market and fiscal impact of immigration -- Migrant selection, immigrant assimilation, and emigrant brain drain -- -- IV. The future of world mass migration. Policy and prejudice -- Policy and performance -- World mass migration: past, present, and future
Umfang:xi, 471 Seite
ISBN:9780262582773
0262582775