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The Economics of Immigration
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autor principal: | |
| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Milton :
Taylor & Francis Group,
2020.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of contents
- Illustrations
- Preface
- Part I Background on immigration
- Chapter 1 Why study the economics of immigration?
- Types of immigrants
- Immigration is controversial
- Immigration versus international trade
- Immigration policy
- Economics of immigration terminology
- A basic model of immigration
- A global overview of immigration
- An overview of U.S. immigration
- The rest of this book
- What this book does not cover
- Problems and discussion questions
- Notes
- Internet resources
- Chapter 2 Patterns of international migration
- Where are immigrants from?
- Where do immigrants go?
- Immigrant destinations within countries
- Measuring immigrant concentration and dispersion
- Immigration to poor countries
- Do immigrants stay? Return and repeat migration
- Circular migration
- The role of immigration policy
- Refugees and asylum seekers
- Unauthorized immigrants
- Concluding thoughts
- Problems and discussion questions
- Notes
- Internet resources
- Chapter 3 Determinants of immigration
- Push and pull factors
- The migration decision
- Family decision-making
- Uncertainty
- The role of immigration policy
- The gravity model of migration
- Empirical evidence
- The role of economic conditions in the origin
- The role of economic conditions in the destination
- The role of migration costs
- The role of migrant networks
- The role of immigration policy
- Evidence for specific groups of immigrants
- Determinants of immigrant destinations within countries
- Determinants of return migration
- Immigration paradigms
- Conclusion
- Problems and discussion questions
- Notes
- Internet resources
- Part II Immigrant selection and assimilation
- Chapter 4 Selection in immigration
- The Roy model
- The direction of selection
- Refugees and selection
- Intermediate selection
- Summing up the model
- Implications for the returns to migration
- Empirical evidence on selection
- Measuring the return to skill
- Global patterns of selection
- Effects of migration costs and other factors
- Effects of immigration policy
- Selection among Mexico-U.S. immigrants
- Selection on health
- Selection in return migration
- The Roy model and return migration
- Empirical evidence on selection in return migration
- Final thoughts on selection
- Problems and discussion questions
- Notes
- Internet resources
- Chapter 5 Assimilation
- Labor market assimilation
- Cohort differences in assimilation
- Gender issues in immigrants' labor market assimilation
- Accounting for return migration
- Immigrant types and assimilation
- Participation in public assistance programs
- Location choice and enclaves
- Education
- Language
- Marriage and fertility
- Health
- Naturalization
- Final thoughts on assimilation
- Problems and discussion questions