Cross-Border Movements of People

Deepak Nayyar

No wp-2000-194, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: This paper sketches a profile of international labour migration over the past fifty years and draws a distinction between different categories of labour flows in the contemporary world economy. It examines the underlying factors with an emphasis on structural determinants at a macrolevel. It explains why the gathering momentum of globalization has coincided with a discernible slowdown in migration during the last quarter of twentieth century, to analyse how globalization might influence emigration pressures on the supply side and immigration needs on the demand side.

Keywords: Globalization; Income distribution; Labour demand; Labour movement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000
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