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Analisis de Sistemas-Mundo, de Immanuel Wallerstein
Los Condenados de la Tierra, de Frantz Fanon
Las Venas Abiertas de America Latina, de Eduardo Galeano
The Age of Mass Migration, de Hatton y Williamson
>Won't this just cause the "developing" countries to sink further into poverty?
A lot of these workers remit money home to the developing world; remittances sometimes/often outweigh foreign aid. Evidence from modern day skilled migration suggests that migration is a lot more complex phenomenon than we take it for. The UK for example seemed to be facing a rising tide of Polish immigration, but concurrent rising living standards in Poland have drawn back a lot of Polish emigres, who are now going back home. Likewise, a lot of people from China, Taiwan and India in the US decide to go home after some years or decades in the US.
Clemens mentions in this talk some work by economic historians like Hatton and Williamson -- if you have access to a university network or live in a developing country, you can access their research which indicates mass migration ultimately leads to benefits for both the country of emigration and immigration: http://www.nber.org/papers/h0041.pdf and http://www.nber.org/papers/w5259.pdf They also have a book on the subject: http://www.amazon.com/Age-Mass-Migration-Causes-Economic/dp/0195116518