Globalization and human mobility: job improvement

Abstract

The article aims to study the causes of human mobility in today´s world, starting from leading cause, which is the search for the best job opportunities and increase their income abroad, as supported by the Neoclassic theory on migration. The questions to be answered are: What are the causes of migration? What have been its repercussions on the global society? The hypothesis formulated is regarding the general desire that the migrant has about improving the working conditions and the income. The study is based on the neoclassical theory on migration, where the main axis is that there are not only internal migrations, from rural to urban, but also from national to international, which have as their main cause job improvement and income increased. Subsequently, the topic is developed on migration, economy, and employment, where the causes of migration and what entails, such as how technological development in the receiving country and sending remittances to the country of origin. In the graph, there are six main reasons that experts consider the most common causes for migrations, highlighting job improvement. Then, subtopics about globalization and migration are developed, here is where both phenomena are linked, arguing that globalization has done a lot to increase migrations, since and with this, technology, social networks have been facilitated, relationships, and agreements between governments and the fact that people have to impulse to choose a region to migrate to, where to venture, always seeking their well-being.