Criss-Crossing Migration

The current perspective on the flow of people is almost exclusively focused on permanent migration from poorer to richer countries and on immigration policies in industrial countries. But international mobility of people should no longer be seen as...

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Main Authors:	Mattoo, Aaditya, Subramanian, Arvind
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACADEMIC YEAR ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE ACCREDITATION AGED BABY BARRIERS TO ENTRY BENEFITS OF GLOBALIZATION BRAIN DRAIN BUSINESS SCHOOL CENTER FOR HEALTH CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE CERTIFICATION CITIZENS COST OF EDUCATION COSTS SAVINGS COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN COUNTRY CAPITAL CRITICAL MASS DEBT DEBTS DEMOCRACIES DEMOCRACY DEMOGRAPHIC DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES DEMOGRAPHIC PROJECTIONS DEPENDENCY RATIO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISCRIMINATION DISEASE CONTROL DISSEMINATION DIVIDEND DOCTORS ECONOMIC CRISES ECONOMIC CRISIS ECONOMIC DYNAMISM ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY EDUCATED PEOPLE EDUCATIONAL DEGREES EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES ELDERLY EMERGENCY CARE EMERGING MARKETS EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FACULTIES FEDERAL RESERVE FINANCIAL CRISES FLOW OF PEOPLE FLOWS OF PEOPLE FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN MARKETS FOREIGN OWNERSHIP FOREIGN PROFESSIONALS FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT GLAUCOMA GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GRADUATE STUDENTS HARMONIZATION HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE COSTS HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS HEALTH INSTITUTIONS HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH PLANS HEALTH SERVICES HIGHER EDUCATION HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS HOME COUNTRIES HOSPITAL HOSPITALS HOST COUNTRIES HOST COUNTRY HUSBANDS IMMIGRANT IMMIGRANTS IMMIGRATION IMMIGRATION LAWS IMMIGRATION POLICIES IMMIGRATION POLICY IMMIGRATION REFORM INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOMES INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES INDUSTRIAL COUNTRY INTEGRATION INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL MOBILITY INTERNATIONALIZATION JOB OPPORTUNITIES LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE GROWTH LABOR MARKET LEARNING LEGAL STATUS LIBERAL ENTRY LIBERALIZATION LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MEDICAID MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL COLLEGE MEDICAL EDUCATION MEDICAL FACILITIES MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS MEDICAL SCHOOL MEDICAL SCHOOLS MEDICAL SERVICES MEDICAL TREATMENT MIGRATION MODERNIZATION MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE NATIONAL BORDERS NATIONALS NUMBER OF PEOPLE NURSES OLD AGE OPEN ACCESS OPEN DOORS PAPERS PATIENTS PENSION PENSION LIABILITIES PENSIONS PHYSICIANS POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL OPPOSITION POLITICAL POWER POPULATION PROJECTIONS POPULATION RESEARCH PRIVATE SCHOOLS PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION PROGRESS PUBLIC FINANCES QUALITY ASSURANCE QUALITY ASSURANCE AGENCIES QUALITY OF CARE QUALITY OF EDUCATION RAPID ECONOMIC GROWTH RAPID GROWTH REGIONAL HUB REGULATORS REPATRIATION RESEARCHERS RICHER COUNTRIES SAVINGS SCHOLARSHIPS SCIENTISTS SCREENING SKILLED LABOR SKILLED PEOPLE SKILLED PROFESSIONALS SOCIAL COSTS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS SURGERY TAX TEACHERS TERTIARY EDUCATION TUITION TUITION FEES UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS UNEMPLOYMENT UNFUNDED PENSION UNIVERSITIES UNIVERSITY COLLEGE UNIVERSITY GRADUATES VENTURE CAPITAL VENTURE CAPITALISTS WORKERS WORLD ECONOMY YOUNG PEOPLE insurance portability North-South migration
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/07/18029114/criss-crossing-migration http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15899

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Summary:	The current perspective on the flow of people is almost exclusively focused on permanent migration from poorer to richer countries and on immigration policies in industrial countries. But international mobility of people should no longer be seen as a one-time event or one-way flow from South to North. The economic crisis has accentuated the longer-term shift in location incentives for people in industrial countries. As consumers, they could obtain better and cheaper access to key services -- such as care for the elderly, health, and education -- whose costs at home are projected to increase in the future, threatening standards of living. As workers, they could benefit from new opportunities created by the shift in economic dynamism from industrial to emerging countries. But subtle incentives to stay at home, such as lack of portability of health insurance and non-recognition of qualifications obtained abroad, inhibit North-South mobility and need to be addressed. Furthermore, if beneficiaries of movement abroad exert countervailing power against those who support immigration barriers at home, then that could lead to greater inflows of people, boosting innovation and growth in the North. Eventually, growing two-way flows of people could create the possibility of a grand bargain to reduce impediments to the movement of people at every stage in all countries and help realize the full benefits of globalization.

Criss-Crossing Migration

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