Author: Isaac, Julius
Title: Economics of Migration
Description: London, Kegan Paul, (1947). orig. cloth. 22x14cm, xii,285 pp, Series: International Library of Sociology & Social Reconstruction.. Minor rubbing, several pages bear pencilled marginal marks, VG. ¶ Contents: The Scope of the Inquiry; The Historical Backround: The Signficance of Migratory Movements to the End of the 18th Century; Liberalisms as the Basis of Migration in the 19th Century; Factors Determining Volume & Direction of Migration: Predominance of the Economic Incentive; Significance of Political & Economic Changes for the Occurrence of Migration; Obstacles to Migration; Volume of Migration; Migration as a Means of Adjusting a Disharmonious Distribution of Population: The Optimum Theory of Population Applied to Migratory Movements; Bearing of Population Changes on the Migration Problem; The Control of Migration: The Case Against Free Migration; Factors Determining the Desirable Volume of Immigration; Factors Determining the Volume of Emigration Desirable; Methods of Settlement; The Scope for International Planning; The Effect of Migration from the Demographic Standpoint; The Economic Effect; Migration, International Trade & International Capital Movements: Capital Transactions of Immigrants; Capital Imports in General into Countries of Immigration; Effect of Capital Exports from Immigrants; Significance of the Capital Movements, Associated with Migration,under Conditions of Deficient Demand; Migration, International Trade, International Capital Movements, as Alternatives.

Keywords: International Migration, Immigration, Immigrants, Migrants, Economics, Population, Demography, ,