The migration of labor
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The migration of labor
B. Blackwell, 1993, c1991
- : pbk
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"First published 1991"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book models afresh labour migration and various phenomena and processes associated with it. It builds on three premises. First, that though migrants are often individual agents, there is more to labour migration than an individualistic behaviour. Migration by one person can be undertaken in pursuit of rational optimizing behaviour by a group of persons such as the family. Second, there is more to labour migration than a response to wage differentials. Third, a great many migratory phenomena would not have occured if the set of markets and financial institutions were perfect and complete. The book attempts to explain labour migration in the light of these three premises and their interactions. It offers new insights on why and when entities such as families may find it optimal to behave strategically, to act simultaneously in, and to distribute their human capital across, several markets, and to sequence their actions in a particular fashion. The book demonstrates how migration is ingeniously and efficiently harnessed to assume a variety of tasks.
It also takes a novel look at how migratory outcomes are fed back into and modify the very market environments that stimulated migration.
Table of Contents
Preface Introduction Part I: Overviews Part II: Migration and Risk Part III: A Relative Deprivation Approach to Migration Part IV: Labour Migration Under Alternative Informational Regimes Part V: Migrants' Remittances: Motives, Consequences and Inequality Implications Part VI: Planning with Migration Part VII: The Economic Performance of Migrants.
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