Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/115382 
Year of Publication: 
2009
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IDB Working Paper Series No. IDB-WP-146
Publisher: 
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Washington, DC
Abstract: 
Migration has recently taken an important place in the agenda of many governments around the world. But the phenomenon of international mobility of individuals is not new. Following Massey [2003], the modern history of international migration can be divided into four periods. During the mercantile period, from about 1500 to 1800, world immigration was dominated by flows out of Europe and stemmed from processes of colonization and economic growth under mercantile capitalism.
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Working Paper

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