Global migration and the world economy : two centuries of policy and performance / Timothy J. Hatton and Jeffrey G. Williamson.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Hatton, T. J.

Contributor:

• Williamson, Jeffrey G., 1935-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Emigration and immigration--Economic aspects--History.
• Emigration and immigration--Government policy.
• Emigration and immigration--Economic aspects.
• History.

Physical Description:

xi, 471 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2005]

Summary:

A uniquely comprehensive look at 200 years of world mass migration by two economists who show how economic history can inform contemporary debate.

Contents:

• 1 Goals and Guidelines 1
• I The Rise of World Mass Migration 5
• 2 Evolving World Migrations since Columbus 7
• 3 The Transition to Mass Migration: How It All Began 31
• 4 What Drove European Mass Emigration? 51
• 5 Emigrant Origins and Immigrant Outcomes 77
• 6 The Impact of Mass Migration on Convergence and Inequality 101
• 7 Mass Migrations in the Poor Periphery 127
• II The Fall of World Mass Migration 153
• 8 Political Debate and Policy Backlash 155
• 9 The Demise of Mass Migration and Its Impact 181
• III The Rise (Again) of World Mass Migration 201
• 10 Resurrection: World Migration since World War II 203
• 11 World Migration under Policy Constraints 225
• 12 Where Are All the Africans? 247
• 13 The Rise (and Fall?) of Asylum Seeking 265
• 14 The Labor Market and Fiscal Impact of Immigration 289
• 15 Migrant Selection, Immigrant Assimilation, and Emigrant Brain Drain 313
• IV The Future of World Mass Migration 339
• 16 Policy and Prejudice 341
• 17 Policy and Performance 367
• 18 World Mass Migration: Past, Present, and Future 393.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [405]-447) and index.

ISBN:

0262083426

OCLC:

61859916