Migration and the International Labor Market 1850-1939

Informationen zum Autor Tim Hatton, Jeffrey Williamson Klappentext Migration and the International Labor Market 1850-1939 focuses on the economic aspects of international migration during the era of mass migrations. Zusammenfassung This book focuses on the reasons for international migration during the era of mass migrations and examines the resulting economic effect. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Table of Contents Part I: Introduction 1. International Migration 1850-1939: A Survey Timothy J. Hatton and Jeffrey G. Williamson Part II: Why Did They Migrate? 2. Labor Markets, Internal and External Migration: Europe 1850-1913 Dudley Baines 3. Late-Comers to Mass Migration: The Latin Experience Timothy J. Hatton and Jeffrey G. Williamson 4. Italian Emigration in the Pre-War Period Riccardo Faini and Alessandra Venturini 5. Mass Migration to Distant Southern Shores: Argentina and Australia, 1870-1939 Alan M. Taylor Part III: How Were They Absorbed? 6. Foreign Immigration and the French Labor Force, 1896-1926 Pierre Sicsic 7. Immigration and Emigration: Canada in the Late Nineteenth Century Marvin McInnis 8. International Migration and the Evolution of Prairie Labor Markets in Canada, 1900-1930 Alan G. Green 9. Immigrants and Emigrants: International Migration and the US Labor Market in the Great Depression Henry A. Gemery Part IV: What Was Their Impact? 10 Mass Migration, Commodity Market Integration and Real Wage Convergence: the Late-Nineteenth-Century Atlantic Economy Kevin O'Rourke, Jeffrey G. Williamson and Timothy J. Hatton 11. The Impact of Emigration on Real Wages in Ireland, 1850-1914 George R. Boyer, Timothy J. Hatton and Kevin O'Rourke 12. Wage Effects of Immigration in Late-Nineteenth-Century Australia David Pope and Glenn Withers Bibliography Index

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• Authors: T. J. Hatton, Tim Hatton, Tim (Australian National University) Willi Hatton, Tim Williamson Hatton, Timothy J. Williamson Hatton
• Assisted by: Tim Hatton (Editor), Jeffrey Williamson (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.09.1994
• EAN: 9780415107693
• ISBN: 978-0-415-10769-3
• No. of pages: 312
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Business & Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, International Economics, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples