Handbook of the Economics of International Migration

1st Edition, Volume 1A+1B - December 8, 2014
Editors: Barry Chiswick, Paul Miller
Language: English
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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.

Introduction to the Series
Dedication
Reviewers
Preface
Introduction
In memoriam: Paul W. Miller (1955–2013)
Introduction to the Series
Dedication
Reviewers
Preface
Introduction
In memoriam: Paul W. Miller (1955–2013)
Volume 1A: The Immigrants
- Part I. The Determinants of International Migration
  - Chapter 1: Migration Theory
    - Abstract
    - 1 Overview
    - 2 From Adam Smith to the New Millennium
    - 3 Recent Theoretical Analyses of Why People Migrate
    - 4 Conclusions and Implications for Further Research
  - Chapter 2: Two Centuries of International Migration
    - Abstract
    - 1 Migration and Globalization to 1950
    - 2 International Migration Since 1950
    - 3 International Migration and Policy in the Future
  - Cameo 1: World Migration in Historical Perspective: Four Big Issues
    - 1 Emigration Life Cycles, Industrial Revolutions, and Demographic Transitions
    - 2 Brain Drain, Brain Gain, Skill Premia, and Endogenous Schooling Responses
    - 3 Migration, Remittances, Financial Development, and Convergence
    - 4 Migration Timing, the Ten Percent Rule, and Political Backlash
    - Acknowledgments
- Part II. The Adjustment of Immigrants
  - Chapter 3: The Adjustment of Immigrants in the Labor Market
    - Abstract
    - 1 Immigrant Labor Market Outcomes—Theoretical and Methodological Considerations
    - 2 Individual Attributes and Motives for Migrating
    - 3 Beyond the Individual—Economic and Social Contexts Affecting Labor Market Outcomes
    - 4 Labor Market Outcomes for Immigrant Women
    - 5 Immigrant Economic Adjustment: Evidence from Countries Other than the United States
    - 6 Summary and Directions for Further Research
    - Acknowledgments
  - Chapter 4: The Human Capital (Schooling) of Immigrants in America
    - Abstract
    - 1 Introduction
    - 2 Schooling of Migrants and the Native-Born
    - 3 The Changing Education Gap of Immigrants
    - 4 The Educational Diversity of Migrants
    - 5 Foreign Students at American Schools
    - 6 Immigrant Education and Generational Assimilation
    - 7 Conclusions
    - Acknowledgments
  - Chapter 5: International Migration and the Economics of Language
    - Abstract
    - 1 Introduction
    - 2 Research Issues and Methodology
    - 3 Choice of Destination
    - 4 Determinants of Language Proficiency
    - 5 Effects of Language on Earnings
    - 6 Summary and Conclusions
    - Acknowledgments
  - Chapter 6: Immigrants and Immigrant Health
    - Abstract
    - 1 Introduction
    - 2 Determinants of the HIE
    - 3 The National Health Interview Survey
    - 4 Measuring Immigrant Health and Assimilation
    - 5 Analyzing Cohort and Assimilation Effects
    - 6 The Healthy Immigrant Effect
    - 7 Conclusions
  - Chapter 7: Immigrants and Demography: Marriage, Divorce, and Fertility
    - Abstract
    - 1 Motivation: Why Study Immigrant Marriage and Fertility?
    - 2 Methodological Challenges to the Study of Immigrant Marriage and Fertility
    - 3 Marriage and Divorce Among Immigrants
    - 4 Fertility
    - 5 Conclusion
  - Cameo 2: Immigrants and Religion
    - 1 Introduction
    - 2 Economics of Religion
    - 3 Immigrant Religiosity
    - 4 Immigrant Churches
    - 5 Religious Observance, Institutions, and Beliefs
  - Chapter 8: Immigrants’ Access to Financial Services and Asset Accumulation
    - Abstract
    - 1 Introduction
    - 2 Conceptual Framework
    - 3 Data, Summary Statistics, and Empirical Specification
    - 4 Characteristics, Immigrant Status, and Financial Market Participation
    - 5 Immigrant Adaptation
    - 6 Potential Explanations
    - 7 Cross-Country Comparisons
    - 8 Summary of Findings and Policy Priorities
  - Chapter 9: From Aliens to Citizens: The Political Incorporation of Immigrants
    - Abstract
    - 1 Introduction
    - 2 Contemporary Policies of Immigrant Political Incorporation
    - 3 Explaining Differences in Incorporation Policies
    - 4 Political Inclusion: Voting and Other Forms of Participation
    - 5 Conclusions
  - Chapter 10: Selective Out-Migration and the Estimation of Immigrants’ Earnings Profiles
    - Abstract
    - 1 Introduction
    - 2 Evidence on Temporary Migration and Selective Out-Migration
    - 3 Estimating Immigrants’ Career Profiles
    - 4 Existent Studies on the Estimation of Earnings Equations when Out-Migration is Nonrandom
    - 5 Conclusions
    - Acknowledgments
- Part III. Types of Immigrants
  - Chapter 11: High-Skilled Immigration in a Globalized Labor Market
    - Abstract
    - 1 Introduction
    - 2 Demographic, Economic, and Policy Context
    - 3 Theoretical Foundation
    - 4 High-Skilled Immigration Policy in Practice
    - 5 Research on Labor Market Outcomes of Skilled Immigrants
    - 6 Effects of Skilled Immigration for both Sending and Receiving Economics
    - 7 Summary and Conclusions
    - 8 Gaps
    - Acknowledgments
  - Chapter 12: The Refugee/Asylum Seeker
    - Abstract
    - 1 Introduction
    - 2 Who Migrates? Comparing Refugees to Other Migrants
    - 3 Economic Assimilation of Refugees in the Host Country
    - 4 Impacts of Refugees on Sending and Receiving Communities
    - 5 Political Economy Issues
    - 6 Concluding Remarks
    - Acknowledgments
  - Chapter 13: Undocumented Immigration and Human Trafficking
    - Abstract
    - 1 Introduction
    - 2 Theories on Undocumented Migration
    - 3 Enforcement Efficacy and the Political Economy of Undocumented Immigration
    - 4 Costs and Benefits of Undocumented Migration
    - 5 Impacts on Origin Countries
    - 6 Public Policy and Undocumented Immigration
    - 7 Human Trafficking
    - 8 Conclusion
  - Chapter 14: Guest or Temporary Foreign Worker Programs
    - Abstract
    - 1 Summary
    - 2 Introduction
    - 3 Globalization, Differences, and Migration
    - 4 Guest-Worker Programs
    - 5 Regional Migration Systems
    - 6 Migration and Development
    - 7 Conclusions
- Index
Volume 1B: The Impact and Regional Studies
- Part IV. The Impact of Immigration
  - Chapter 15: Immigration and the Distribution of Incomes
    - Abstract
    - 1 Introduction
    - 2 The Impact of Immigration on the Distribution of Income: Conceptual Issues
    - 3 Evidence on the Compositional Effects of Immigration on Income Distribution
    - 4 The Impact of Immigration on the Native Income Distribution: Theory
    - 5 Empirical Issues in Estimating the Impact of Immigration on the Income Distribution
    - 6 Evidence on the Impact of Immigration on Relative Wages
    - 7 Additional Evidence on Foreign Migration: Emigration
    - 8 Beyond Wage Effects: Immigration, Child Care, Native Women's Labor Supply, and the Family Income Distribution
    - 9 Immigration and the World Income Distribution
    - 10 Summary and Conclusions
    - Acknowledgments
  - Chapter 16: The Fiscal Impact of Immigrants: Taxes and Benefits
    - Abstract
    - 1 Introduction
    - 2 The Political Setting
    - 3 Estimating the Fiscal Impact of Immigration
    - 4 What Determines the Fiscal Impact of Immigration?
    - 5 The Existing Literature on the Fiscal Impact of Immigration
    - 6 The Fiscal Impact of Emigration
    - 7 What is Missing from the Current Analysis?
    - 8 Summary
  - Chapter 17: Immigration and Entrepreneurship
    - Abstract
    - 1 Introduction
    - 2 The Contribution of Immigrant Entrepreneurs to the Economy
    - 3 Immigrant Business Ownership
    - 4 Immigrant Business Performance
    - 5 Crowd-Out, Spillovers, and Diversity
    - 6 Conclusions and Areas for Future Research
    - Appendix A Data Sources on Immigrant Entrepreneurship
    - Appendix B Utility Model Representation of Self-Employment Decision
    - Appendix C Decomposition Methodology
  - Chapter 18: Migration, International Trade, and Capital Formation: Cause or Effect?
    - Abstract
    - 1 Introduction
    - 2 A Brief Tour Through History and Issues
    - 3 A Factor Proportions View on Migration and Trade
    - 4 Migration and the Formation of Physical Capital
    - 5 High-Skilled Migration and Productivity Growth
    - 6 Migration in the Gravity Equation of Trade
    - 7 Conclusion
    - Acknowledgments
    - Appendix Solution of the Model in Section 5.1.2
  - Chapter 19: The Impact of International Migration on Economic Growth in the Global Economy
    - Abstract
    - 1 Introduction
    - 2 Economic Growth and Population Growth across the World
    - 3 Migration in Neoclassical Growth Models
    - 4 Migration, Geography, and Endogenous Growth
    - 5 The Impact of Migrant Heterogeneity on Growth
    - 6 Migrant Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth
    - 7 Economic Growth in Countries with Net Emigration
    - 8 Conclusion
    - Acknowledgments
  - Chapter 20: Migration and Remittances
    - Abstract
    - 1 Introduction
    - 2 Determinants of Remittances
    - 3 Estimating Impacts of Remittances
    - 4 Remittances and Macro-Level Studies
    - 5 Policy Discussion
    - Acknowledgments
  - Chapter 21: Immigration: What About the Children and Grandchildren?
    - Abstract
    - 1 Introduction
    - 2 Initial Conceptual and Measurement Issues
    - 3 Basic Demographics
    - 4 Theory and Institutions
    - 5 Education
    - 6 Labor Market Outcomes
    - 7 The Evolution of Cultural and Social Outcomes Across Generations
    - 8 Conclusion and Thoughts on Future Research
    - Acknowledgments
- Part V. Regional Studies
  - Chapter 22: The Labor Market Integration and Impacts of US Immigrants
    - Abstract
    - 1 Introduction
    - 2 Immigration Policy and Immigrant Inflows
    - 3 Labor Market Integration of Immigrants
    - 4 The Second and Later Generations
    - 5 Impacts on Native Workers
    - 6 Conclusion
    - Acknowledgments
  - Chapter 23: Regional Studies: Latin America and the Caribbean
    - Abstract
    - 1 Historical Overview of Migration to Latin America and the Caribbean
    - 2 Migration from the Mid-Twentieth Century Onwards
    - 3 Economic Consequences of Migration in Latin America and the Caribbean
    - 4 Overview and Future Prospects
  - Chapter 24: Immigration in Europe: Trends, Policies, and Empirical Evidence
    - Abstract
    - 1 Introduction: Defining Features of Immigration in Europe
    - 2 Historical Migration Trends
    - 3 Policies Regulating Migration
    - 4 Immigrants’ Outcomes
    - 5 Economic Consequences of Immigration
    - 6 Conclusions
    - Acknowledgments
  - Chapter 25: Immigrants in Israel
    - Abstract
    - 1 Distinguishing Features of Migration to Israel
    - 2 A Country of Immigrants—the Homeland of Jewish People
    - 3 The Economic Consequences of Jewish Migration
    - 4 Non-Jewish Migration to Israel—Temporary Work Migrants and Asylum Seekers
    - 5 Future Prospects
  - Cameo 3: The Two-Step Australian Immigration Policy and its Impact on Immigrant Employment Outcomes
    - Abstract
    - 1 Introduction
    - 2 Background, Data, and Methodology
    - 3 Empirical Analysis
    - 4 The Two-Step Policy and the Shifting Full- and Part-Time Employment Relationships
    - 5 Concluding Remarks
  - Chapter 26: African Migration
    - Abstract
    - 1 Introducing the Setting
    - 2 The Migration Policy Framework
    - 3 Determinants and Composition of Migration
    - 4 Remittance Markets and Correlates
    - 5 Economic and Social Consequences of the Migration–Remittance Nexus
    - 6 Towards Summing up: Lessons for Future Migration Prospects
    - Acknowledgments
    - Appendix A Notes on Data Sources
    - Appendix B Alternative Approaches to Estimating a Gravity Model for Africa
  - Chapter 27: The Economics of Migration in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries
    - Abstract
    - 1 Introduction
    - 2 Migration to the GCC
    - 3 Remittance Outflows
    - 4 Challenges and Opportunities
    - 5 Conclusion
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