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