East-West migration : the alternatives
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East-West migration : the alternatives
MIT Press, 1994
1st MIT Press paperback ed
- : pbk
Available at 13 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [89]-94)
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Description
This sequel to Reform in Eastern Europe is a report on one of the most pressing issues for countries with economies in transition and their neighbors. Focusing on the problem of East-West migration, the authors clearly delineate and promote the notion of European free trade and capital flows as a means of raising productivity and increasing worker stability in the East and of reducing income gaps between countries.
As economists who have been deeply and consistently involved in the recent upheavals in the East, the authors are in a position to take a well-informed stance on the economic and social dislocations that are occurring. They first outline the problem and recommend that Europe begin to admit primary migrants and that the US increase its quota. They then look at migration statistics from previous eras to predict equivalent levels in the near future and take into account the long-run and short-run effects of migration in the US and Europe. They conclude with a detailed discussion of "the best defense of all," economic progress, and lay out the necessary conditions for free trade, investment, and aid.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Overview: the alternatives
- the presssure to migrate
- the response
- conclusions. Part 2 Migration - the pressure to move: the setting
- earlier migrations
- what determines migration?
- prospects for desired migration
- time pattern of desired migration
- can migration be controlled?. Part 3 Migration - the likely effects: long-run effects
- externality issues
- short-run absorption
- effects in the United States
- the return of the French Algerians
- postwar Germany
- can the West cope?. Part 4 Free trade with the West: prospects for growth in trade
- trade as a substitute for migration
- efficiency differences and factor mobility
- dynamic and macroeconomic gains from trade. Part 5 Aid and capital flows: necessary conditions for investment
- external finance as a lever for reform
- forms and conditions of aid
- who should pay and how?
- consolidating the debt. Appendices: economics of migration - further evidence
- can emigration hurt the home country?
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