Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/295671 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
CReAM Discussion Paper Series No. 02/22
Publisher: 
Centre for Research & Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London, London
Abstract: 
The past several decades have witnessed a rebirth of global labor mobility. Workers have begun to move between countries at rates not seen since before World War One. During the same period, economists' study of international migration has been framed by a particular textbook model of location choice. This paper reviews the evidence on the economic causes and effects of global migration during the past half century. That evidence falsifies most of the core predictions of the old model. The economics of migration will regain vitality and relevance by discarding and replacing its outworn paradigm.
Subjects: 
immigration
emigration
globalization
labor
demographic
development
wages
employment
model
causes
effects
mobility
long run
JEL: 
F22
J61
O15
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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