The migration-development nexus revisited: imperialism and the export of labour power

Raúl Delgado Wise

Chapter 4 in Handbook on Migration and Development, 2024, pp 45-56 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: It is argued that the relationship between migration and development in contemporary capitalism and imperialism is based on the emergence of a new international division of labour whose axis is the export of labour power. This export takes place in two complementary ways: indirectly, through assembly plants in peripheral countries, and directly, through labour migration. With the profound restructuring that innovation systems are currently undergoing, the export of labour takes on a broader connotation, involving skilled and highly skilled labour from peripheral countries. This gives way to the emergence of new and more severe modalities of unequal exchange, but at the same time opens new opportunities for development and social transformation.

Keywords: Development Studies; Economics and Finance; Sociology and Social Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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