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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450804003321

Autore

Basu Bharati <1950->

Titolo

International labor mobility [[electronic resource] ] : unemployment and increasing returns to scale / / Bharati Basu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2004

ISBN

1-280-22680-3

9786610226801

0-203-48847-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (200 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in the modern world economy ; ; 46

Disciplina

331.12/791

Soggetti

Labor mobility

Unemployment

Foreign workers

Manpower policy

Foreign trade and employment

Economies of scale

Labor mobility - European Union countries

Arbeidsmobiliteit

Werkloosheid

Internationalisatie

Economische modellen

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [172]-177) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; International Labor Mobility; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Foreword; Preface; 1 International labor mobility with full employment; 2 International labor mobility with exogenously created unemployment; 3 International labor mobility with endogenously created unemployment; 4 Free trade versus free-labor mobility with increasing returns and unemployment; 5 Labor mobility and a dual economy: a case of external economies of scale and unemployment; 6 Labor migration in European Union countries; 7 An empirical overview; Appendices; Notes



BibliographyIndex

Sommario/riassunto

Migration of workers within and across national boundaries is an important issue in an age of increasing levels of innovation and invention which economizes cost and helps large scale production.This book analyses the implications of migration for the levels of unemployment and distinguishes between unemployment which can be attributed to government policy and that which can be generated by a particular behavior of employers and workers. The discussion also includes the issue of foreign workers' effects on unemployment levels - a salient issue in today's climate.With impressive clarity