| Description |
pages cm |
| Contents |
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 |
| Notes |
Originally published: 2006 |
| Subject |
Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects.
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| Author |
Williamson, Jeffrey G., 1935-
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| ISBN |
9780262582773 paperback |
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0262582775 paperback |
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