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Labor Mobility and the World Economy

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  1. Rolf J. Langhammer

    1. Kiel Institute for World Economics, Kiel, Germany

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  2. Federico Foders

    1. Kiel Institute for World Economics, Kiel, Germany

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Table of contents (23 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. International Migration in the Long Run: Positive Selection, Negative Selection, and Policy

  3. Labor Mobility and Globalization

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 33-33
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    3. Comment on Frank Barry

      • Timothy J. Hatton
      Pages 46-50

    4. Immigration and Wages in General Equilibrium: A Theoretical Perspective

      • Gabriel Felbermayr, Wilhelm Kohler
      Pages 51-80

    5. Comment on Gabriel Felbermayr and Wilhelm Kohler

      • Joaquim Ramos Silva
      Pages 81-84

    6. Ethnic Networks and International Trade

      • Gil S. Epstein, Ira N. Gang
      Pages 85-103

    7. Comment on Gil S. Epstein and Ira N. Gang

      • Jutta Allmendinger, Christian Gaggermeier
      Pages 104-110

    9. Comment on Kar-yiu Wong

      • Jörn Kleinert
      Pages 140-143

  4. Integrated Labor Markets and Global Governance

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 185-185
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    2. Outsourcing and International Labor Mobility: A Political Economy Analysis

      • Sanjay Jain, Devesh Kapur, Sharun W. Mukand
      Pages 187-204

    4. Do We Need an International Regime for Migration?

      • Stefania Pasquetti
      Pages 209-224

    5. Comment on Stefania Pasquetti

      • Doris König
      Pages 225-229

    6. Do Values Matter for Intra-EU Migration?

      • Holger Wolf
      Pages 231-243

    7. Comment on Holger Wolf

      • Herbert Brücker
      Pages 244-248
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About this book

An increasing number of landings of illegal migrants on the coast of Italy and Spain, but also the recent riots, car-burnings, and street battles that occurred all across France and that have been attributed to the migrant community, seem to indicate that migration is likely to stay high on the European policy agenda for some time. The flow of migrants from poor to rich countries does not, however, constitute a typically European problem. V. S. public policy has also been facing a continued (legal and illegal) inflow of labor from different regions, notably Mexico and other Latin American countries. And similar developments in other advanced countries (Australia, Canada) as weil as in selected fast-growing emerging markets in Eastern Europe and East Asia imply that these countries too are being compelled to adjust their public policies in order to relieve migratory pressures and deal with their consequences. The world economy already saw rising cross-border labor flows in the 1990s and most forecasts predict that South-North and South-South migration will re­ main at relatively high levels over the next decades and possibly even turn into a major global challenge for policy makers in the 21st century.
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From the reviews: “This book resulted from the 2004 Kiel Week Conference with the same title. The conference focussed on an important aspect of globalisation, namely the increase in cross-border migration for employment reasons. … a particular strength of this book is the set of thoughtful comments on each chapter. … this book makes an important and timely contribution to the literature on the economics of international migration. … the chapters and the commentary together provide good stepping stones for further research on each of the topics.” (Jacques Poot, Papers in Regional Science, Vol. 87 (2), June, 2008)
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Kiel Institute for World Economics, Kiel, Germany

    Rolf J. Langhammer, Federico Foders

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Labor Mobility and the World Economy

  • Editors: Rolf J. Langhammer, Federico Foders

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-31045-7

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2006

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-31044-0Published: 15 March 2006

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-06820-1Published: 14 March 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-31045-7Published: 18 September 2011

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 357

  • Topics: Labor Economics, Population Economics, Social Sciences, general

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