The political economy of world mass migration : comparing two global centuries / Jeffrey G. Williamson.
"In this study, Jeffrey G. Williamson examines the political economy of immigration backlash and immigration policy in two global centuries. The first, between 1820 and World War I, was a proglobal environment, characterized by booming trade, labor, and capital markets. It was followed by an an...
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Washington, D.C. :
AEI Press,
[2005]
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| Series: | Henry Wendt lecture series ;
2004. |
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Table of Contents:
- The political economy of world mass migration
- Immigrants during two global centuries : rising quantity and falling quality
- A framework
- Looking at local labor markets
- Immigration shocks and labor market absorption : two modern examples
- Immigrants, wages, and inequality : the global centuries compared
- Policy and the demise of mass migration in the first global century
- Population and labor force impact of the quotas
- Did the absence of immigrants contribute to the great income leveling in America?
- Explaining immigration policy before the 1930s : political debate and backlash.