Migration and Economic Growth

A Study of Great Britain and the Atlantic Economy

• Author(s): Brinley Thomas,
• Publisher: CUP Archive
• Pages: 498
• ISBN_10: 0521085667
  ISBN_13: 9780521085663
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Business & Economics / Economic Conditions , Business & Economics / Development / Economic Development , Business & Economics / Economics / General , Social Science / Emigration & Immigration ,

Description:... Interdisciplinary research study of patterns of economic growth and migration in the UK and the USA since 1840, with emphasis on the long term economic implications of immigration - considers economic theories and hypotheses, covers such phenomena as the internal migration of Blacks, the absorption of immigrant workers, the brain drain, etc., and examines historical interrelationships between population trends and business cycles. Bibliography pp. 473 to 487 and statistical tables.