| Titre : | The age of mass migration : causes and economic impact |
| Auteurs : | Timothy J. Hatton, Auteur ; Jeffrey Gale Williamson, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Ouvrages |
| Editeur : | New York : Oxford University Press, 1998 |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-0-19-511651-9 |
| Format : | 1 vol. (xi, 301 p.) |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Catégories : |
[Eurovoc] EMPLOI ET TRAVAIL > marché du travail [Eurovoc] EMPLOI ET TRAVAIL > marché du travail > main-d'œuvre > travailleur migrant [Eurovoc] GÉOGRAPHIE > Amérique > Amérique du Nord > États-Unis [Eurovoc] QUESTIONS SOCIALES > migration > migration > émigration [Eurovoc] QUESTIONS SOCIALES > migration > migration > immigration |
| Tags : | economic history ; histoire economique ; economic aspects ; aspect economique |
| Résumé : | "About 55 million Europeans migrated to the New World between 1850 and 1914, landing in North and South America and in Australia. This movement, which marked a profound and permanent shift in global population and economic activity, is described in vivid detail by Timothy J. Hatton and Jeffrey G. Williamson, and the causes and effects relative to this great relocation are soundly analysed. The Age of Mass Migration offers a thorough treatment of a period of vital development in the economic history of the modern world and, moreover, devotes much objective consideration to certain economic questions that still baffle us today: Why does a nation's emigration rate typically rise with early industrialization? How do immigrants choose their destinations? Are international labour markets segmented? Do immigrants truly "rob" jobs from locals? What impact do immigrants have on wage rates and living standards in the host country? In addressing these issues, and many of others, this book takes a new and comprehensive view of mass migration. Although somewhat controversial in terms of method—it assigns to a social phenomenon an economic explanation and interpretation— The Age of Mass Migration will be useful to all students of migration, historical or contemporary, and to anyone interested in international economic activities." Oxford University Press |
| Note de contenu : |
1. What this book is about
2. The issues 3. Why did Europeans emigrate? 4. Cycles, swings, shocks: waiting for the move 5. After the famine: Irish experience 6. Segmented markets, multiple destinations: Italian experience 7. Assimilating the immigrant: An American melting pot? 8. Absorbing the immigrant: The impact on Americans 9. Labor market impact at home: Ireland and Sweden 10. Labor market impact abroad and convergence 11. Mass migration and inequality trends within countries 12. Coda: the evolution of a global labor market |
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| Code-barres | Cote | Support | Localisation | Section | Disponibilité |
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| 004660 | B 346 | Livre | Centre de documentation du CERDI / Ecole d'Economie | Salle de lecture | Disponible |
