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The current share of women in the world's international migrant
population is close to one half. Despite the great number of female
migrants, there has until recently been a striking lack of gender
analysis in the economic literature on international migration and
development. This volume makes a valuable contribution in this
context by providing eight new studies focusing on the nexus
between gender, international migration and economic development.
The volume is organized into five parts. Part I sets the stage for
the remaining chapters by outlining data on female migration and by
reviewing previous research on gender and international migration.
Part II explores gendered determinants of migration and remittances
and contains two studies. One of them explores the determinants of
migration using a unique dataset from rural Mexico. The other study
examines gender-specific determinants of remittances using a new
dataset collected in major destination countries. Part III
addresses the impacts of migration and remittances on sending
countries, and provides two analyses of household level data from
Ghana and Mexico. Part IV turns to the labor market insertion of
female migrants, and explores their labor market participation and
performance in the U.S.. The volume concludes with a
forward-looking chapter which summarizes the major findings of this
volume, links these to policies and outlines some of the burning
policy issues that need to be addressed by future research.
International migration, the movement of people across
international boundaries, has enormous economic, social and
cultural implications in both origin and destination countries. It
is estimated that some one hundred and eighty million people (three
per cent of the world's population) are living in countries in
which they were not born. Among these are millions of
highly-educated people who moved to developed countries from
developing countries that already suffer from low levels of human
capital and skilled workers. Moreover, the flow of formal
remittances from migrants to their relatives in their countries of
birth has exhibited a very rapid and accelerating rate of growth.
Estimated to exceed one hundred billion dollars annually,
remittances surpass foreign aid and account for the largest source
of foreign capital for dozens of countries. This timely volume
provides an in-depth examination of the relationship between - and
the impacts on - migration, remittances and development. Using new
household surveys and census data, the determinants of migration
and the impact of migration and remittances on various measures of
welfare are analyzed. Other issues discussed include the migration
of skilled workers, the impact of international students and
skilled migration in the United States, the determinants of
internal and international migration from rural areas whilst
providing a critical examination of the new 'brain drain'
literature.
'Given the remarkable increase in regional integration agreements
RIAs] in the past decade, understanding of their economic rationale
and consequences is essential. Schiff and Winters succeed admirably
in covering the conceptual, empirical, and policy issues arising
from RIAs in an informed, comprehensible, and accessible manner.
Their book should be required reading for policy analysts,
academics, and students concerned with evaluation of RIA
initiatives.' -- Robert M. Stern, Department of Economics and
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan
'Regional Integration and Development' examines regionalism from
the perspective of developing countries and presents a
comprehensive account of existing theory and empirical results.
This book incorporates the findings of formal analyses of the
politics and dynamics of regionalism. It considers the relationship
between regionalism and multilateralism and explores the economic
advantages of nondiscriminatory trade liberalization, which the
authors argue should be exploited to the maximum extent. The book
also provides rules of thumb for regionalism, rules that are not
inviolable but which should not be violated lightly. Designed as a
practical guide for policymakers whose countries are considering
membership in a trade bloc, this book will also be of interest to
scholars and students of international trade.
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