The economics of immigration : selected papers of Barry R. Chiswick

Barry R. Chiswick (Professor and Department Chair, Department of Economics, George Washington University, US and IZA - Institute for the Study of Labor, Bonn, Germany)

Immigration has become a significant public policy issue in all of the developed countries, as well as an important area of study for academic researchers. Barry R. Chiswick has been a pioneer in research on the economics of immigration and has published numerous seminal studies on the labor market, the educational and linguistic adjustment of immigrants, and the impact of immigrants on the host economy. He has also written extensively on various aspects of immigration policy. Now his most influential and widely-cited papers, published over a span of 25 years in a variety of journals and conference volumes, are available in a single volume. The author has written an original essay introducing this valuable collection. Scholars of economics, public policy, sociology, anthropology and immigration will find this book an essential addition to their libraries

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Year of publication:	2005
Authors:	Chiswick, Barry R.
Institutions:	Edward Elgar Publishing (publisher)
Publisher:	Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
Subject:	Internationale Migration \| International migration \| Theorie \| Theory \| Einwanderung \| Immigration \| Migrationspolitik \| Immigration policy \| Welt \| World

Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (424 pages) illustrations
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-396) and index Contents: Foreword / by Gary S. Becker -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I. Earnings and employment -- 1. The effect of Americanization on the earnings of foreign-born men -- 2. The economic progress of immigrants: Some apparently universal patterns -- 3. Immigrant earnings: Language skills, linguistic concentrations and the business cycle -- 4. The employment, unemployment and unemployment compensation benefits of immigrants -- Part II. The selectivity of immigrants -- 5. Are immigrants favorably self-selected? An economic analysis -- 6. Human capital and the labor market adjustment of immigrants: Testing alternative hypotheses -- 7. Is the new immigration less skilled than the old? -- Part III. Immigrant impacts -- 8. The impact of immigration on the level and distribution of economic well-being -- 9. The impact of immigrants on the macroeconomy -- 10. Mass migration and income inequality in Israel -- Part IV. Illegal immigrants -- 11. The economics of illegal migration for the host economy -- 12. Illegal immigration and immigration control -- 13. Speaking, reading, and earnings among low-skilled immigrants -- Part V. Immigration policy -- 14. Guidelines for the reform of immigration policy -- 15. An alternative approach to immigration policy: Rationing by skill -- 16. Policy analysis of foreign student visas -- Appendix: Bibliography of immigration research -- Index.
ISBN:	978-1-0353-3570-1 ; 978-1-84376-458-8
Other identifiers:	10.4337/9781035335701 [DOI]
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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