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9783642787515

Economic Aspects of International Migration

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    9783642787515

  • ISBN10:

    3642787517

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2012-07-31
  • Publisher: Textstream

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The papers in this volume cover the subject of internationalmigration. The three papers in the first part deal withgeneral aspects. The first paper discusses the influence ofmigration on world development (Hatton and Williamson), thesecond models the patterns of labor migration when workersdiffer in their skills and information is asymmetric(Stark), and the third explores the economics ofinternational labor and capital flows (Grubel). The secondpart focuses on experiences in the United States andcontains four papers. These papers discuss the performanceof immigrants in the U.S. labor market (Chiswick), theinfluence of immigrants on entrepreneurship in thenineteenth-century U.S. (Ferrie and Mokyr), ethnic identity,assimilation of immigrants, and the intergenerationaltransmission of immigrants' skills (Borjas), and the labormarket consequences of U.S. immigration (Greenwood andMcDowell). The three papers in the final part discusslessons for Europe's migration policies. The first paperasks whether immigration policy can help to stabilize socialsecurity systems (Felderer), the second explores theeconomic consequences of immigration and the resultinglessons for immigration policies (Simon), and the thirdreviews the conference's papers in the light of recentEuropean developments (Zimmermann).

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