International Migration

This book provides a contemporary perspective on a broad range of international migration problems. It considers recent immigration trends and policies as well as the theory and evidence related to the behaviour of migrants, illegal immigration, and the links between migration and trade, economic growth, and the welfare state. <p>1. Immigration Policies and their Impact: The Case of New Zealand and Australia <em>Rainer Winkelmann</em> 2. Canadian Immigration: Economic Winners and Losers <em>Don DeVoretz</em> 3. The Political Economy of International Migration in a Ricardo-Viner Model <em>Jaime de Melo, Jean-Marie Grether</em> and <em>Tobias Muller</em> 4. Interactions Between International Migration and the Welfare State <em>Assaf Rasszin</em> and <em>Efraim Sadka</em> 5. Trade and Migration: The Mexico-US Case <em>Philip L. Martin</em> 6. Aggregate-Level Migration Studies as a Tool for Forecasting Future Migration Streams <em>Michael Fertig</em> and <em>Christoh M. Schmidt</em> 7. Illegal Immigration Trends, Policies and Economic Effects <em>Slobodan Djajic</em><br>8. The Decision to Legalize by Bulgarian Illegal Immigrants in Greece <em>Alexander Sarris</em> and <em>Evgenia Markova</em><br>9. Illegal Immigrants in the US: A Comparative Analysis of Mexican and Non-Mexican Undocumented Workers <em>Francisco Rivera-Batiz</em> 10. Immigrant Adjustment in Israel: Literacy and Fluency in Hebrew and Earnings <em>Barry R. Chiswick</em> and <em>Gaston Repetto</em> 11. Why Go back: Return Motives of Migrant Workers <em>Christian Dustmann</em> 12. Determinants and Effects of Migrant Remittances <em>Nicholas P. Glytsos</em></p>