J. Edward Taylor

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a discussion of current theories that clarify basic assumptions and hypotheses of the various models of international migration, including macro theories of neoclassical economics, micro theories of macro-economic economics, new economics with examples for crop insurance markets futures markets unemployment insurance and capital markets, dual labor market theory and structural inflation motivational problems economic dualism and the demography of labor supply; and world systems theory and the impacts of land raw materials labor material links ideological links and global cities.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the role of relative deprivation versus absolute income as an incentive for migration in developing countries and present an illustration of the divergent policy implications of a relative deprivation model versus an absolute income model.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed a framework and developed techniques for analyzing the impact of migrant remittances on the distribution of rural income by size and subsequently its impact on rural welfare.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used the New Economics of Labor Migration framework to trace the complex linkages that exist among migration remittances and agricultural productivity in China and found that the net impact of migration and remittance on maize production is negative.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used simultaneous-equation econometric techniques and household survey data from China to understand the effects of China's migration on source communities and to discuss their policy implications, finding that the loss of labor to migration has a negative effect on household cropping income in source areas.