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Informationen zum Autor PABLO ACOSTA Department of Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USABERNT BRATSBERG The Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research, NorwayPABLO FAJNZYLBER Latin America and Caribbean Region, The World Bank, USAPHILLIPPE FARGUES European University Institute in Florence, ItalyJOHN GIBSON University of Waikato, New ZealandDOMINIQUE M. GROSS Simon Fraser University, CanadaJUNICHI GOTO Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration, Kobe University, JapanJ. HUMBERTO LOPEZ Latin America and Caribbean region, The World Bank, USADAVID MCKENZIE Development Research Group, The World Bank, USAGHAZALA MANSURI Development Research Group, The World Bank, USACHRISTOPHER PARSONS Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty at Sussex University, UKODDBIØRN RAAUM The Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research, NorwayRONALD SKELDON Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty at Sussex University, UKKIETIL SØRLIE The Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research, NorwayJACKLINE WAHBA Economics Division, School of Social Sciences, University of Southampton, UKTERRIE WALMSLEY Center for Global Trade Analysis, Purdue University, USAL. ALAN WINTERS Development Research Group, The World Bank, USA Klappentext This second volume provides thinking on new topics in the field of international migration! and presents nine additional studies covering countries in Latin America and the Caribbean! Middle East and North Africa! North America! South Asia and the Pacific! as well as Western Europe. Zusammenfassung Covering topics in the field of international migration, this volume examines the impact of migration and remittances on development indicators in Pakistan and 12 Latin American and Caribbean countries. It also deals with the impact of migration on birth rates and the extent of the demographic transition in the migrants' countries of origin. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; ¿.¿zden & M.Schiff PART I: GLOBAL MIGRATION DATABASE Quantifying International Migration: A Database of Bilateral Migrant Stocks; C.R.Parsons, R.Skeldon, T.L.Walmsley & L.A.Winters PART II: IMPACT ON DEVELOPMENT What is the Impact of International Remittances on Poverty and Inequality in Latin America?; P.Acosta, P.Fajnzylber & J.H.Lopez Temporary Economic Migration and Rural Development in Pakistan; G.Mansuri Labor Supply, Human Capital and International Remittances: Evidence from El Salvador; P.Acosta The Demographic Benefit of International Migration: Hypothesis and Application to the Middle Eastern and North African Contexts; P.Fargues PART III: HOST COUNTRY POLICY EFFECTS Immigration Incentives and Policy in Switzerland; D.M.Gross Japan as Destination for Latin Americans of the Japanese Origin; J.Goto How Does an Ex-Ante Job Offer Requirement on Labor Mobility Work? The New Zealand-Tongan Experience; J.Gibson & D.McKenzie PART IV: RETURN MIGRATION Return to Overseas Work Experience: The Case of Egypt; J.Wahba Who Leaves, and Where? Patterns of Repeat and Return Migration among Immigrants in Norway; B.Bratsberg, O.Raaum & K.S°rlie...
