Friday, October 06, 2006

The Future of Migration

Yale Global Online is producing a series of articles on The Future of Migration:

'Immigration is an issue that elicits heated views from all sides of the political and economic spectrum. In the 21st century, how might we expect our lives and societies to be affected by changes in immigration? In Part One of a two-part series, economist Lant Pritchett argues that there are five irresistible forces setting the world up for a new wave of mass migration. Topping the list are the huge cross-national inequalities in wages and standards of living. Differences in labor demand across countries comprise another pressure promoting migration. Population growth imbalances also contribute to the trend, with aging populations of wealthy countries needing younger workers to help support national pension plans. The fourth trend Pritchett points to is the growing interconnectedness of the world. In a system that allows for increased flow of goods, he says, increasing labor flow would enhance global prosperity . Finally, he notes, more and more jobs are not 'mobile', but rather location-specific, like nurses and retail salespeople.'

Read - The Future of Migration - Part One

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