Handbook of the Economics of International Migration: The Impact

by Barry Chiswick (Editor), Paul W. Miller (Editor)

Overview

The economic literature on international migration interests policymakers as well as academics throughout the social sciences. These volumes, the first of a new subseries in the Handbooks in Economics, describe and analyze scholarship created since the inception of serious attention began in the late 1970s. This literature appears in the general economics journals, in various field journals in economics (especially, but not exclusively, those covering labor market and human resource issues), in interdisciplinary immigration journals, and in papers by economists published in journals associated with history, sociology, political science, demography, and linguistics, among others.

• Covers a range of topics from labor market outcomes and fiscal consequences to the effects of international migration on the level and distribution of income – and everything in between.
• Encompasses a wide range of topics related to migration and is multidisciplinary in some aspects, which is crucial on the topic of migration
• Appeals to a large community of scholars interested in this topic and for whom no overviews or summaries exist

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780444537690
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	11/04/2014
Series:	ISSN
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	888
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Table of Contents

Section 4: THE IMPACT OF IMMIGRATION Chapter 15:  Immigration and the Distribution of Incomes. Lawrence M. Kahn and Francine D. Blau Chapter 16: The Fiscal Impact of Immigrants: Taxes and Benefits. Carlos Vargas-Silva Chapter 17: Immigration and Entrepreneurship. Robert W. Fairlie and Magnus Lofstrom Chapter 18: Migration, International Trade and Capital Formation: Cause or Effect?. Gabriel Felbermayr, Volker Grossmann, Wilhelm Kohler Chapter 19:  The Impact of International Migration on Economic Growth in the Global Economy. Stephan Brunow, Peter Nijkamp, Jacques Poot Chapter 20: Migration and Remittances. Richard Brown and Eliana Jimenez-Soto Chapter 21:  Immigration: What about the Children and Grandchildren?. Arthur Sweetman and Jan C. van Ours

Section 5: REGIONAL STUDIES Chapter 22:  The Labor Market Integration and Impacts of U.S. Immigrants. Brian C. Cadena, Brian Duncan, Stephen Trejo Chapter 23: Latin America and the Caribbean. Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes and Susan Pozo Chapter 24:  Immigration in Europe: Trends, Policies and Empirical Evidence. Sara de la Rica, Albrecht Glitz, Francesc Ortega Chapter 25: Israel. Sarit Cohen-Goldner Cameo 4:  A Down-Under Perspective on International Migration. Robert G. Gregory Chapter 26:  African Migration. Robert E.B. Lucas Chapter 27:  The Economics of Migration in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries. Georges S. Naufal

Editorial Reviews

"At last, a thorough, comprehensive in coverage and illuminating survey of this important field. These two volumes will be the essential reference on the economics of international migration for students, teachers, and researchers for years to come."—Xavier de Vanssay, York University

The new volumes of the Handbook of the Economics of International Migration area unique source in the field of international migration, including detailed analyses of a wide range of issues from the fundamentals of migration theory to current pressing issues as well as emerging new topics in the field. These volumes will be a valuable source of reference not only for experienced scholarsbut also for students at bachelors, masters, and doctoral level studies in economics, demography, sociology, political science, and law." —Aycan Celikaksoy,Stockholm University

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