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Chapter 12. The Refugee/Asylum Seeker
Chin, Aimee; Cortes, Kalena E. - In: Handbook of the economics of international migration : …, (pp. 585-658). 2015
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...
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Introduction
Chiswick, Barry R. - In: Handbook of the economics of international migration : …, (pp. xiii-xv). 2015
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Chapter 23. Regional Studies : Latin America and the Caribbean
Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina; Pozo, Susan - In: Handbook of the economics of international migration : …, (pp. 1261-1302). 2015
This chapter offers an overview of migration and remittance flows with respect to the Latin American and Caribbean …. Emphasis is given to south–south migration, to the factors that have motivated the out-migration of Latin Americans to the …
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Chapter 22. The Labor Market Integration and Impacts of US Immigrants
Cadena, Brian C.; Duncan, Brian; Trejo, Stephen J. - In: Handbook of the economics of international migration : …, (pp. 1197-1259). 2015
Over the last several decades, two of the most significant developments in the US labor market have been: (1) rising inequality, and (2) growth in both the size and the diversity of immigration flows. Because a large share of new immigrants arrive with very low levels of schooling, English...
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Chapter 19. The Impact of International Migration on Economic Growth in the Global Economy
Brunow, Stephan; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - In: Handbook of the economics of international migration : …, (pp. 1027-1075). 2015
Recent research suggests that the welfare gains that would result from removing restrictions on international migration … are large. The long-run impact of a higher level of international migration on the global economy is potentially even …'s net migration in any decade has been neither harmful nor beneficial to growth in real income per capita in that decade, in …
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Introduction
Chiswick, Barry R. - In: Handbook of the economics of international migration : …, (pp. xiii-xv). 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014025461
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Chapter 26. African Migration
Lucas, Robert E.B. - In: Handbook of the economics of international migration : …, (pp. 1445-1596). 2015
Factors shaping international migration, over the last half century, from and into the countries and territories of sub …
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Chapter 18. Migration, International Trade, and Capital Formation : Cause or Effect?
Felbermayr, Gabriel; Grossmann, Volker; Kohler, Wilhelm - In: Handbook of the economics of international migration : …, (pp. 913-1025). 2015
In this chapter, we provide an overview of the relationship between international migration and international trade as … well as capital movements. We start out by identifying key issues through a brief comparison between modern migration and … the mass migration of the nineteenth century, followed by a review of insights that can be drawn from a general factor …
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