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Let Their People Come Breaking the Gridlock on Global Labor Mobility

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ISBN-10: 1933286105

ISBN-13: 9781933286105

Edition: 2006

Authors: Lant Pritchett

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In "Let Their People Come," Lant Pritchett discusses five " irresistible forces" of global labor migration, and the " immovable ideas" that form a political backlash against it. Increasing wage gaps, different demographic futures, " everything but labor" globalization, and the continued employment growth in low skilled, labor intensive industries all contribute to the forces compelling labor to migrate across national borders. Pritchett analyzes the fifth irresistible force of " ghosts and zombies, " or the rapid and massive shifts in desired populations of countries, and says that this aspect has been neglected in the discussion of global labor mobility. "Let Their People Come" provides…    
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Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Center for Global Development
Publication date: 9/30/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 151
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

Lant Pritchett is a nonresident fellow at the Center for Global Development and is a lead socioeconomist with the World Bank, based in New Delhi, India. From 2000 to 2004 he was lecturer in Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He has published over fifty journal articles and papers on a range of topics including labor mobility, education, economic growth, poverty, health, safety net programs, population issues, and international trade.

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Breaking the Gridlock on Labor Mobility
Four Irresistible Forces for Increased Labor Mobility
The Fifth Irresistible Force: Ghosts and Zombies
Immovable Ideas: Myths and Truths
Accommodating Forces and Ideas to Achieve Development-Friendly Labor Mobility
Conclusion: Let Their People Come