labour migration international migration migration policy employment unemployment labour mobility role of ILO trend developed countries developing countries EU countries USA Migrant Workers Globalization Canada China
Identifies examples of migration policies that support growth and development in both countries of origin and host countries.
France. Ministère du travail, de la solidarité et de la fonction publique
Publisher
ILO; Geneva
Date published
2010
Number of pages
viii, 229 p. :
Language
English
Asset Type
book
Record Identifier
995272007402676
Table of contents
Preface / Agnès Leclerc, Antoine Magnier and Raymond Torres -- Introduction / Christiane Kuptsch -- Spotlight on the economic effects of immigration - a North American perspective / Arthur Sweetman -- Immigration and unemployment: a European perspective / Manon Domingues Dos Santos -- Migrant sending countries, the internationalization of labour markets and development / Robert E.B. Lucas -- "Sea turtles" or "seaweed"? The employment of overseas returnees in China / David Zweig -- International labour migration: evolution of the multilateral policy framework / Ibrahim Awad -- Actors and factors in the internationalization of labour markets / Christiane Kuptsch and Philip L. Martin -- Optimizing mobility: Europe needs more and better geographical labour mobility / Hubert Krieger -- Offshoring of service activities: overview and prospects / El Mouhoub Mouhoud -- "Migrant workers" vs. "international service providers": labour markets and the liberalization of trade in services / Philip L. Martin.