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What We Can Learn from the German Experiences Concerning Foreign Labor

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Temporary Workers or Future Citizens?

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Since the late 1980s, member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) have experienced an enormous increase in international migration. According to the OECD, these countries’ migration policies should focus on the selection and programming of migratory flows, integration of (legal) immigrants within the countries, and international cooperation to reduce sending pressures by developing countries (Garçon, 1995; OECD, 1994a).

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  1. Yasushi Iguchi
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

    Myron Weiner (Ford International Professor of Political Science) (Ford International Professor of Political Science)

  2. Sophia University, Japan

    Tadashi Hanami (Professor of Labour Law) (Professor of Labour Law)

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Iguchi, Y. (1998). What We Can Learn from the German Experiences Concerning Foreign Labor. In: Weiner, M., Hanami, T. (eds) Temporary Workers or Future Citizens?. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14418-1_10

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