The Economics of the "Guest Worker" Problem: A Neo Heckscher-Ohlin Approach
Author: Krauss, Melvyn B.
Date Published: 1976
This paper is concerned with the phenomemon of guest workers in Western Europe. Recently, guest workers have come to play an important role in Western European labor markets, with such Northern countries as Switzerland, West Germany and The Netherlands importing workers from such Southern countries as Portugal, Turkey and the Mezzogiorno region of Italy. As the name implies, guest workers represent a situation where the foreign worker is expected to reside in the host country for relatively brief time period, and remit his earnings minus a small maintenance allowance to the country of his permanent residence. The phenomenon under investigation therefore is one of short-run labor migration.
Date Published: 1976
This paper is concerned with the phenomemon of guest workers in Western Europe. Recently, guest workers have come to play an important role in Western European labor markets, with such Northern countries as Switzerland, West Germany and The Netherlands importing workers from such Southern countries as Portugal, Turkey and the Mezzogiorno region of Italy. As the name implies, guest workers represent a situation where the foreign worker is expected to reside in the host country for relatively brief time period, and remit his earnings minus a small maintenance allowance to the country of his permanent residence. The phenomenon under investigation therefore is one of short-run labor migration.
