International Handbook on Migration and Economic Development

Edited by Robert Lucas

in Books from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This Handbook summarizes the state of thinking and presents new evidence on various links between international migration and economic development, with particular reference to lower-income countries. The connections between trade, aid and migration are critically examined through global case studies.

Keywords: Development Studies; Economics and Finance; Politics and Public Policy Urban and Regional Studies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
ISBN: 9781782548065
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Migration and economic development: an introduction and synopsis , pp 1-8

Robert Lucas

Ch 2 Informing migration policies: a data primer , pp 9-41

Calogero Carletto, Jennica Larrison and Çaglar Özden

Ch 3 The economic history of migration: the pre-World War One USA as lens , pp 42-64

Robert Margo

Ch 4 International migration, trade and aid: a survey , pp 65-112

Christopher Parsons and L. Winters

Ch 5 The discourse and practice of co-development in Europe , pp 113-151

Flore Gubert

Ch 6 Does development reduce migration? , pp 152-185

Michael Clemens

Ch 7 Development through seasonal worker programs: the case of New Zealand’s RSE program , pp 186-210

John Gibson and David McKenzie

Ch 8 Southern hub: the globalization of migration to South Africa , pp 211-240

Jonathan Crush

Ch 9 Emigration and wages in source countries: a survey of the empirical literature , pp 241-266

Prachi Mishra

Ch 10 Migration, technology diffusion and institutional development at the origin , pp 267-287

Olena Ivus and Alireza Naghavi

Ch 11 The migration–trade link in developing economies: a summary and extension of evidence , pp 288-326

Robert Lucas

Ch 12 Return migration and economic development , pp 327-349

Jackline Wahba

Ch 13 Growth in forced displacement: cross-country, sub-national and household evidence on potential determinants , pp 350-387

Ana María Ibá-ez

Ch 14 Economic consequences of conflict and environmental displacement , pp 388-424

Florence Kondylis and Valerie Mueller

Ch 15 Development, immigration and terrorism , pp 425-462

Pınar Derin-Gure

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