Let Workers Move : Using Bilateral Labor Agreements to Increase Trade in Services

Unlike the movement of capital, the movement of labor across countries remains highly restricted-despite the huge global returns to international labor mobility. According to one estimate, allowing the temporary migration of skilled and unskilled w...

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Main Author:	Sáez, Sebastián
Format:	Publication
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2013
Subjects:	ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES ACCOUNTING AGGREGATE INCOME BARGAINING BARGAINING POWER BASIC RIGHTS BEST PRACTICE BEST PRACTICES BRAIN DRAIN CITIZENS CITIZENSHIP CLIMATE CHANGE COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN DEMOCRACY DEMOGRAPHIC IMBALANCES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT GOALS DISCRETION DISCRIMINATION DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC MARKETS DOMESTIC WORKERS DRIVERS DROPOUT ECONOMIC BENEFITS ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC NEEDS ECONOMIC SHOCKS ECONOMICS EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS ELECTRICIANS EMPLOYMENT ENTREPRENEURSHIP FAMILY REUNIFICATION FINDING WORK FLOW OF PEOPLE FLOWS OF PEOPLE FOREIGN LABOR FOREIGN STUDENTS FOREIGN WORKERS FREE TRADE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH EDUCATION HEALTH SECTOR HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS HOME COUNTRIES HOST COUNTRIES HOST COUNTRY HUMAN RESOURCES IMMIGRATION IMMIGRATION LAW IMMIGRATION POLICY IMMIGRATION RESTRICTIONS INITIATIVE INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL MIGRANT INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION IRREGULAR MIGRATION LABOR FLOW LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS LABOR MARKET REGULATIONS LABOR MARKET SITUATION LABOR MARKETS LABOR MIGRATION LABOR MOBILITY LABOR MOVEMENT LABOR MOVEMENTS LABOUR LAWS LEGAL FRAMEWORKS LEGAL STATUS LEGISLATION LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MEDICAL SERVICES MIGRANT MIGRANT LABOR MIGRANT WORKERS MIGRATION FLOWS MIGRATION FOR EMPLOYMENT MIGRATION POLICIES MIGRATION PROCESS MOBILITY OF LABOR MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE MULTILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS MULTINATIONAL NATIONAL BORDERS NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL POLICY NATIONALS NOURISHMENT NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS NUMBER OF MIGRANTS NUMBER OF PEOPLE NUMBER OF WORKERS NUMERICAL QUOTAS NURSE NURSES OCCUPATION OCCUPATIONS PERMANENT RESIDENCE POLICES POLICY FRAMEWORK POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL INTERESTS POLITICAL SUPPORT POPULATION DECLINE PREFERENTIAL PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT PRESENT EVIDENCE PRIVATE COMPANIES PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP PRIVATE SECTOR PROCUREMENT PROCUREMENT POLICIES PRODUCTIVITY PROGRESS QUALITY ASSURANCE REGIONAL AGREEMENTS REGIONAL COOPERATION REGIONAL INITIATIVES REGULATORY BARRIERS REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS REMITTANCE REMITTANCES REPATRIATION RESPECT RETURN MIGRATION RETURN OF MIGRANTS RETURNEES RURAL AREAS SANCTIONS SAVINGS SAVINGS ACCOUNTS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SEGMENTS OF SOCIETY SEMISKILLED WORKERS SERVICE PROVIDERS SERVICE SECTOR SKILLED LABOR SKILLED PROFESSIONALS SKILLED WORKERS SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SMALL COUNTRIES SOCIAL BENEFITS SOCIAL COUNCIL SOCIAL SECURITY SUBSIDIARIES SUPPLIERS TECHNICAL EDUCATION TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT TEMPORARY JOBS TEMPORARY MIGRANTS TEMPORARY MIGRATION TEMPORARY WORKER TEMPORARY WORKERS TERTIARY EDUCATION TRADE NEGOTIATIONS TRAINING PERIOD TRAINING REQUIREMENTS TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT TRANSPORTATION TREATIES UNDOCUMENTED MIGRATION UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS UNEMPLOYMENT UNSKILLED LABOR UNSKILLED WORKER UNSKILLED WORKERS WAGE FLOORS WAGE INEQUALITY WAGE RATE WAGES WORKERS WORKFORCE WORKING CONDITIONS WORKING HOURS WORLD POPULATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/17900283/using-bilateral-labor-agreements-increase-trade-services http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15800