Economic Aspects of International Migration / edited by Herbert Giersch.

The papers in this volume cover the subject of international migration. The three papers in the first part deal with general aspects. The first paper discusses the influence of migration on world development (Hatton and Williamson), the second models the patterns of labor migration when workers diff...

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Main Author: Giersch, Herbert
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1994.
Series:A Publication of the Egon-Sohmen-Foundation.
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Table of Contents:
  • I: General Aspects of Migration
  • International Migration and World Development: A Historical Perspective
  • Patterns of Labor Migration when Workers Differ in Their Skills and Information is Asymmetric
  • The Economics of International Labor and Capital Flows
  • II: Experiences in the United States
  • The Performance of Immigrants in the United States Labor Market
  • Immigration and Entrepreneurship in the NineteenthCentury U.S.
  • Immigration, Ethnic Identity, and Assimilation: The Intergenerational Transmission of Immigrant Skills
  • The National Labor Market Consequences of U.S. Immigration
  • III: Lessons for Europe
  • Can Immigration Policy Help to Stabilize Social Security Systems?
  • On the Economic Consequences of Immigration: Lessons for Immigration Policies
  • Some General Lessons for Europe's Migration Problem
  • List of Contributors.