Andreas Bergh is associate professor in Economics at Lund university and fellow at the Research Institute of Industrial Economics in Stockholm.

His research concerns the welfare state, institutions, development, globalization, trust and social norms.

He has published in journals such as European Economic Review, World Development, European Sociological Review and Public Choice. He is the author of 'Sweden and the revival of the capitalist welfare state" (Edward Elgar, 2014).

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Ny bok av Collier om migration

Exodus: How Migration Is Changing Our World. By Paul Collier. Oxford University Press, 2013, 309 pp. $27.95.

Paul Colliers nya bok om migration verkar intressant och har fått ett blandat mottagande. I Foreign Affairs sågas den för att vara överdrivet migrationsnegativ. The Guardian har fått samma intryck, men återger ändå en hel del som talar för migration enligt Collier, vars syfte är att sammanfatta forskningsläget.

Exempel: Migration från fattiga länder är bra för den som migrerar:

It definitely boosts those making the move in search of a better life. Their pay and productivity soar, the latter a consequence of moving to a better organised society. They send home huge remittances – almost four times global aid flows at $400bn – that help those left at home through bad times and encourage the spread of improved governance.

C. tycks också korrekt redogöra för att Brain drain-invändningen numera inte anses så allvarlig:

This book underscores the superficiality of "brain drain" claims. Although some of the smartest people leave poor countries, overall educational standards can rise as parents invest in their children's schooling in the hope they might migrate one day. Many educated abroad return; one study found two-thirds of heads of governments in developing nations studied in foreign countries.

På vilket sätt är då boken migrationsskeptisk? Enligt Michael Clemens och Justin Sandefur menar C. att invandring från länder med låg tillit och dåliga institutioner hotar institutionerna i rika länder:

Unlike bad institutions or economic conditions, Collier asserts, bad culture is not just a characteristic of poor countries; it is embedded in their people. “Uncomfortable as it may be . . . migrants bring their culture with them,” he writes. For example, he adds, “unsurprisingly, Nigerian immigrants to other societies tend to be untrusting and opportunistic.”

Hur immigration påverkar det nya landets institutioner (formella såväl som informella) är en mycket intressant fråga, men det finns inte särskilt mycket forskning på detta och än mindre någon form av konsensus.

Ett utmärkt ämne för en uppsats eller en avhandling således!

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