This chapter investigates the financial behavior of immigrants using data from the United States and Italy. While the income and occupational mobility of immigrants have received attention, much less is known about their financial market participation. To explore this aspect of immigrant...

This chapter discusses the research in economics on refugees and asylum seekers. Section 1 describes the trends in asylum seeking by source and host country. Section 2 presents a conceptual framework on why refugees might differ from other types of immigrants, and provides a new analysis...