Published In
Global Justice : Theory Practice Rhetoric
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2012
Subjects
Distributive justice, Neoclassical school of economics, Feminist theory, Migration
Abstract
This paper explores the implications of empirical theories of migration for normative accounts of migration and distributive justice. It examines neo-classical economics, world-systems theory, dual labor market theory, and feminist approaches to migration and contends that neo-classical economic theory in isolation provides an inadequate understanding of migration. Other theories provide a fuller account of how national and global economic, political, and social institutions cause and shape migration flows by actively affecting people's opportunity sets in source countries and by admitting people according to social categories such as class and gender. These empirical theories reveal the causal impact of institutions regulating migration and clarify moral obligations frequently overlooked by normative theorists.
Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/12393
Citation Details
Sager, A. (2012). The implications of migration theory for distributive justice.
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