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Some Factors Influencing Postwar Emigration from the Netherlands

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  1. William Petersen
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Part of the book series: Research Group for European Migration Problems (REMP, volume 6)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages N2-XII
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  2. Some Factors Influencing Postwar Emigration from the Netherlands

    1. Population Pressure in the Netherlands

      • William Petersen
      Pages 1-10

    2. An Emigration-Minded Country

      • William Petersen
      Pages 10-13

    3. Motivation of Emigrants

      • William Petersen
      Pages 14-20

    4. Migration Statistics

      • William Petersen
      Pages 21-24

    5. Immigration Countries

      • William Petersen
      Pages 24-40

    6. The Role of Government in Migration

      • William Petersen
      Pages 41-51

    7. Selection of Migrants

      • William Petersen
      Pages 51-60

    8. Assimilation of Emigrants

      • William Petersen
      Pages 60-67

    9. Conclusions

      • William Petersen
      Pages 68-74

    10. Sommaire

      • William Petersen
      Pages 75-80
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As Mr Petersen points out in this study, since the war there has been a very strong belief in the Netherlands that emigration is necessary. Even those who never before occupied themselves with these matters now speak of the large natural increase, the overpopulation, and the lack of opportunities in the Netherlands. Thousands are considering the possibility of leaving their home­ land and creating a new existence for themselves overseas. It is a mistake to suppose, however, that these ideas stem from the special demographic and economic conditions that arose in the Netherlands since the war; the opposite is the case. From this point of view, there has never been less reason for emigrating during the past decades than in these postwar years. As far as the demographic situation is concerned, by 1930 the natural increase had decreased markedly as compared with the preceding decades, so that the number of young persons entering the labor market after the war has been relatively small. On the other hand, there have been more openings in industry and in other sectors of the economy than ever before, so that unemploy­ ment pretty much disappeared. Only in 1951 did it again become at all significant.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Some Factors Influencing Postwar Emigration from the Netherlands

  • Authors: William Petersen

  • Series Title: Research Group for European Migration Problems

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7497-8

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, Netherlands 1952

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-247-0460-6Published: 31 January 1952

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-7497-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 92

  • Topics: History, general

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