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The recession and international migrationAbout the authorTim Hatton is Professor of Economics at the University of Essex and at the AustralianNational University. His current research interests include the causes and effectsof international migration, and immigration and asylum policy. He has publishedextensively on the economic history of labour markets, including the history ofinternational migration. His most recent books include Seeking Asylum: Trends andPolicies in the OECD (CEPR, 2011) and (with Jeffrey G Williamson) Global Migrationand the World Economy: Two Centuries of Policy and Performance (MIT Press, 2005).He is a Fellow of the IZA and of CEPR.155