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Labor Migration to Western Europe: A Commentary on O'Loughlin 1986

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  • B S Waldorf

    (Department of Geography, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, IL)

  • A Esparza

    (Department of Geography and Center for Governmental Studies, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL)

Abstract

In this commentary we challenge O'Loughlin's article published in Environment and Planning A , in which he concludes that economic factors only marginally influence migration from the European periphery to Western Europe. First, we consider several methodological inconsistencies that bring O'Loughlin's study into question. Second, a model is developed, derived from disequilibrium theory, that, in contrast to O'Loughlin's findings, demonstrates the importance of economic factors for international migration in Europe in the postwar period.

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  • B S Waldorf & A Esparza, 1988. "Labor Migration to Western Europe: A Commentary on O'Loughlin 1986," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 20(8), pages 1121-1124, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envira:v:20:y:1988:i:8:p:1121-1124
    DOI: 10.1068/a201121
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    1. P V Schaeffer, 1987. "A Dynamical Model of Labor-Market Change in International Labor Migrations When Demand for Labor is Exogenous," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 19(8), pages 1051-1057, August.
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    1. Natasha T. Duncan & Brigitte S. Waldorf, 2016. "Immigrant selectivity, immigrant performance and the macro-economic context," Regional Science Policy & Practice, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 8(3), pages 127-143, August.

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