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It is not the purpose of this paper to debate the merits of the two approaches, but rather to examine the implications of outmigration as a means for easing the difficulties facing depressed areas, particularly the unemployment difficulties. The importance and the role of industrial relocation in aiding depressed areas is fully realized, but limitations of space demand this partial treatment of solutions to the depressed area problem. It will be therefore assumed throughout the paper that no government authority is trying to encourage the relocation of industrial activities in the depressed area. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Some economic effects of immigration: a general equilibrium analysis. The effects of immigration on per capita real income and on the distribution of the national product in the receiving country are determined. Previous analyses have assumed that immigrants and members of the indigenous population have similar characteristics save in respect of ownership of capital. Some account is taken of the differences in the occupational compositions, the intersectoral distributions and the consumption preferences of the immigrant and native work forces and some rather surprising results derived. The theory of duality and the technique of comparative statics are employed. Some numerical examples relating to immigration into Canada in 1970 are presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Provides information on the economic history of the United States. Effect of migratory movements on the economy; Contributions of the minority population; Discussion on social development.

Discusses the role of United States-based farmers in the settlement and development of Saskatchewan and Alberta between 1897 and 1914. Economic factors that motivated immigration to Canadian prairies; Social conditions of farmers in the western Middle West; Effect of the rise in wheat prices on land values.