Global Migration and the World Economy: Two Centuries of Policy and Performance

by Jeffrey G. Williamson and Timothy J. Hatton

Book Overview

World mass migration began in the early nineteenth century, when advances in transportation technology and industrial revolutions at home enabled increasing numbers of people to set off for other parts of the globe in search of a better life. Two centuries later, there is no distant African, Asian, or Latin American village that is not within reach of some high-wage OECD labor market. This book is the first comprehensive economic assessment of world...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262582775
• ISBN13: 9780262582773
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 488 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher