Does Temporary Migration Have To Be Permanent

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ID19929282
AuthorsMohammad Amin (0000-0002-9451-3629, Columbia University), Aaditya Mattoo (0000-0002-1584-8544, World Bank Group)
Year2005
Publication date2005-03-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
PublisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1596/1813-9450-3582
OpenAlexW2116995227
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited11

The choice between temporary and permanent migration is today central to the design of migration policies. The authors draw a distinction between the two types of migration on the basis of the associated social cost and the dynamics of learning by migrants. They find that unilateral migration policies are globally inefficient because they lead to too much permanent migration and too little temporary and overall migration. Existing international agreements on labor mobility, such as the World Trade Organization's General Agreement on Trade in Services, have failed to do better because they seek primarily to induce host countries to make commitments to allow entry. Instead, Pareto gains and more liberal migration could be achieved through multilateral agreements that enable host countries to commit to repatriation

Business · Commit · Economics · Host (biology) · Human migration · International economics · International trade · Labor mobility · Labour economics · Operations management · Pareto principle · Political science · Population · Repatriation · Sociology · Computer Science · Economic Policies and Impacts · Global trade and economics · Migration and Labor Dynamics

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