Economic Growth and Immigration in Venezuela

In: International migration review: IMR, Band 13, Heft 3, S. 455-474

Abstract

Changes in immigration flows and policy in the last three decades are linked to differences in the level and types of economic growth in Venezuela. This provides an historical context within which to locate the post-1973 rise in immigrant entries and policy changes which have led to a definition of immigration as the import of foreign workers. These changes were generated by the unusually high economic growth rates made possible by the increase in the international price of oil, Venezuela's major export.