economy behind the evolution of immigration policy. We provide an historical context for current debates on immigration and … immigration policy and we conclude by speculating on future trends. …

opposite, open immigration and closed trade policies. Why the inverse policy correlation, and why has it persisted for almost … two centuries? This paper seeks answers to this dual policy paradox by exploring the fundamentals which have influenced … the evolution of policy: the decline in the costs of migration and its impact on immigrant selectivity, a secular switch …

Cultural diversity - in various forms - has in recent years turned into a prominent and relevant research and policy …

World War I to the quotas and bans introduced afterwards was the result of a combination of factors: public hostility …

centuries. It begins with a review of the history of primarily trans-Atlantic migration to the New World during the period of … Oceania and from parts of Asia (primarily India, China and Japan) to other parts of Asia, Africa and the New World. World wars …, immigration restrictions and the Great Depression resulted in a period of low international migration (1913 to 1945). In the post-World …