Type

Journal Article

Author(s)

Abernethy, Virginia

Title

Environmental and Ethical Aspects of International Migration

Year

1996

Journal

International Journal of Global Warming

Vol (No), pp

30(1), 132-150

Abstract

U.S. immigration policy has a beneficent intent. However, recent work suggests that the signal it sends internationally – that emigration can be relied upon to relieve local (Third World) population pressure – tends to maintain high fertility rates in the sending country. This effect is counter-productive because high fertility is the primary driver of rapid population growth. In addition, it appears that the relatively open U.S. immigration policy has resulted in a rate of domestic population growth that threatens both the well-being of American labor and cherished environmental values.

Citation

Abernethy, V. (1996). Environmental and Ethical Aspects of International Migration. The International Migration Review, 30(1), 132-150. doi: 10.2307/2547463

Available from

https://www.jstor.org/stable/2547463