
International Migration, Economic Development, and Policy
World Bank Publications (Publisher)
Published on 26. June 2007
Book
Hardback
424 pages
978-0-8213-7028-5 (ISBN)
Description
This second volume provides thinking on new topics in the field of international migration, and presents nine additional studies covering countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, North America, South Asia and the Pacific, as well as Western Europe.
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Edition
2007
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
biography
Dimensions
Height: 23.4 cm
Width: 15.6 cm
ISBN-13
978-0-8213-7028-5 (9780821370285)
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╠aglar ╔zden | Maurice Schiff | Çaglar Özden
International Migration, Economic Development, and Policy
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06/2007
World Bank Publications
€42.79
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Persons
PABLO ACOSTA Department of Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
BERNT BRATSBERG The Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research, Norway
PABLO FAJNZYLBER Latin America and Caribbean Region, The World Bank, USA
PHILLIPPE FARGUES European University Institute in Florence, Italy
JOHN GIBSON University of Waikato, New Zealand
DOMINIQUE M. GROSS Simon Fraser University, Canada
JUNICHI GOTO Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration, Kobe University, Japan
J. HUMBERTO LOPEZ Latin America and Caribbean region, The World Bank, USA
DAVID MCKENZIE Development Research Group, The World Bank, USA
GHAZALA MANSURI Development Research Group, The World Bank, USA
CHRISTOPHER PARSONS Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty at Sussex University, UK
ODDBIØRN RAAUM The Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research, Norway
RONALD SKELDON Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty at Sussex University, UK
KIETIL SØRLIE The Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research, Norway
JACKLINE WAHBA Economics Division, School of Social Sciences, University of Southampton, UK
TERRIE WALMSLEY Center for Global Trade Analysis, Purdue University, USA
L. ALAN WINTERS Development Research Group, The World Bank, USA
Content
Introduction; ╠.╔zden & M.Schiff PART I: GLOBAL MIGRATION DATABASE Quantifying International Migration: A Database of Bilateral Migrant Stocks; C.R.Parsons, R.Skeldon, T.L.Walmsley & L.A.Winters PART II: IMPACT ON DEVELOPMENT What is the Impact of International Remittances on Poverty and Inequality in Latin America?; P.Acosta, P.Fajnzylber & J.H.Lopez Temporary Economic Migration and Rural Development in Pakistan; G.Mansuri Labor Supply, Human Capital and International Remittances: Evidence from El Salvador; P.Acosta The Demographic Benefit of International Migration: Hypothesis and Application to the Middle Eastern and North African Contexts; P.Fargues PART III: HOST COUNTRY POLICY EFFECTS Immigration Incentives and Policy in Switzerland; D.M.Gross Japan as Destination for Latin Americans of the Japanese Origin; J.Goto How Does an Ex-Ante Job Offer Requirement on Labor Mobility Work? The New Zealand-Tongan Experience; J.Gibson & D.McKenzie PART IV: RETURN MIGRATION Return to Overseas Work Experience: The Case of Egypt; J.Wahba Who Leaves, and Where? Patterns of Repeat and Return Migration among Immigrants in Norway; B.Bratsberg, O.Raaum & K.S°rlie