Emigrazione e sviluppo economico. (Emigration and economic growth)
The paper considers the economic debate of whether emigration helps or hurts a country. This is a vital issue along the whole Mediterranean littoral from Portugal to Turkey. On one side of the debate emigration is regarded as the export of capital, inappropriate for poor countries. On the other side...
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Associazione Economia civile
2014-08-01
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| description | The paper considers the economic debate of whether emigration helps or hurts a country. This is a vital issue along the whole Mediterranean littoral from Portugal to Turkey. On one side of the debate emigration is regarded as the export of capital, inappropriate for poor countries. On the other side, it is considered to provide the benefits of getting unemployed or disguised unemployed to work. Here the arguments for and against emigration from developing countries is presented separately in static and dynamic terms. The focus is no intra-European South-North migration. It is shown that when conditions are right, large-scale migration can contribute to rapid growth in the country of immigration, based on greater supplies of labour, and in the country of origin, based on more effective resource allocation. It is argued that within certain limits emigration can be, and has been a positive force for growth in the South.
JEL: O15
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| spelling | doaj.art-3bb847178c9940b58765c59df0b3c30f2023-02-03T16:38:47ZitaAssociazione Economia civileMoneta e Credito2037-36512014-08-01197310.13133/2037-3651/12478Emigrazione e sviluppo economico. (Emigration and economic growth)C.P. KINDLEBERGERThe paper considers the economic debate of whether emigration helps or hurts a country. This is a vital issue along the whole Mediterranean littoral from Portugal to Turkey. On one side of the debate emigration is regarded as the export of capital, inappropriate for poor countries. On the other side, it is considered to provide the benefits of getting unemployed or disguised unemployed to work. Here the arguments for and against emigration from developing countries is presented separately in static and dynamic terms. The focus is no intra-European South-North migration. It is shown that when conditions are right, large-scale migration can contribute to rapid growth in the country of immigration, based on greater supplies of labour, and in the country of origin, based on more effective resource allocation. It is argued that within certain limits emigration can be, and has been a positive force for growth in the South. JEL: O15 https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa04/moneta_e_credito/article/view/12478EmigrationgrowthEuropelabour supplyresource allocation |
| spellingShingle | C.P. KINDLEBERGER Emigrazione e sviluppo economico. (Emigration and economic growth) Moneta e Credito Emigration growth Europe labour supply resource allocation |
| title | Emigrazione e sviluppo economico. (Emigration and economic growth) |
| title_full | Emigrazione e sviluppo economico. (Emigration and economic growth) |
| title_fullStr | Emigrazione e sviluppo economico. (Emigration and economic growth) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Emigrazione e sviluppo economico. (Emigration and economic growth) |
| title_short | Emigrazione e sviluppo economico. (Emigration and economic growth) |
| title_sort | emigrazione e sviluppo economico emigration and economic growth |
| topic | Emigration growth Europe labour supply resource allocation |
| url | https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa04/moneta_e_credito/article/view/12478 |
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