This paper studies the costs and benefits of the adoption of the policy of free movement for workers. For the countries to agree on uncontrolled movement of workers, the short run costs must be outweighed by the long term benefits that result from better labor market flexibility and income...

This paper have presented the kernel of the migration literature on remittances. It started from their three most debated features: stability, cyclicality and sustainability. Then moved to the motives driving remittances and, finally, their relationship with development. Both sustainability and...

The regional population problem is one of the most critical challenges in the Japan, and there are many discussions about the problem. Even though the population comprises numerous factors such as population movement, agglomeration, and births, few discussions comprehensively handle these...