Global migration and the world economy : two centuries of policy and performance

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hatton, T. J. (Author), Williamson, Jeffrey G. , 1935- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, MA : MIT Press , c2005
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245 1 0 |a Global migration and the world economy :   |b two centuries of policy and performance   |c Timothy J. Hatton and Jeffrey G. Williamson 
260 |a Cambridge, MA :   |b MIT Press ,   |c c2005 
300 |a xi, 471 p. :   |b ill. ;   |c 24 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references(p. [405]-447) and index 
505 0 |a 1. Goals and guidelines -- 2. Evolving world migrations since Columbus -- 3. The transition to mass migration : how it all began -- 4. What drove European mass emigration? -- 5. Emigrant origins and immigrant outcomes -- 6. The impact of mass migration on convergence and inequality -- 7. Mass migrations in the poor periphery -- 8. Political debate and policy backlash -- 9. The demise of mass migration and its impact -- 10. Resurrection : world migration since World War II -- 11. World migration under policy constraints -- 12. Where are all the Africans? -- 13. The rise (and fall?) of asylum seeking -- 14. The labor market and fiscal impact of immigration -- 15. Migrant selection, immigrant assimilation, and emigrant brain drain -- 16. Policy and prejudice -- 17. Policy and performance -- 18. World mass migration : past, present, and future 
650 0 |a Emigration and immigration   |x Economic aspects   |x History 
650 0 |a Emigration and immigration   |x Government policy 
700 1 |a Williamson, Jeffrey G. ,   |d 1935- ,   |e author 
999 |a 1000108979   |b Book   |c OPEN SHELF (30 DAYS)   |e Gong Badak Campus