The new untouchables
Subtitle: immigration and the new world worker
By: Nigel Harris.
Publisher: I.B. Tauris; In the U.S. of America and Canada distributed by St. Martin's Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: London; New York; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
Subjects: Alien labor; Emigration and immigration; Labor supply; Wages; Unemployment; International division of labor
Other titles: Immigration and the new world worker
Description: Nigel Harris's ground-breaking book examines migration as a response to changes in the world economy. He shows that, despite tighter controls, increasing numbers of workers are moving, whether legally or not, between countries. Unskilled immigrant workers play a vital role in improving standards of living in the developed world. And in turn the countries from which they have come benefit in a major way from the earnings sent back home.

Arguing that few of the fears about immigration are justified, and that increased immigration tends to mean that jobs and incomes expand, Harris shows why governments will have to ensure the freedom of people to come and go as they choose.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-244) and index.