ISBN:
9780857934574
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (456 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Migration Impact Assessment : New Horizons
DDC:
304.8
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
During the last few decades the world has experienced an unprecedented level of cross-border migration. While this has generated significant socio-economic gains for host countries, as well as sometimes for the countries of origin, the costs and benefits involved are unevenly distributed. Consequently, growing global population mobility is a hotly debated topic, both in the political arena and by the general public. Amidst a plethora of facts, opinions and emotions, the assessment of migration impacts must be grounded in a solid scientific evidence base. This analytical book outlines and appli
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Prologue; 1. Migration impact assessment: a state of the art; PART I Labour and housing markets; 2. The local US labour market impacts of low-skilled migration from Mexico; 3. The effects of immigration on US wages and rents: a general equilibrium approach; 4. Ethnic concentration, cultural identity and immigrant self employmentin Switzerland; PART II Diversity; 5. A socio-economic impact analysis of urban cultural diversity: pathways and horizons; 6. Cultural avoidance and internal migration in the USA: do the source countries matter?
Description / Table of Contents:
PART III Entrepreneurship and innovation7. Economic performance of migrant entrepreneurs in the high-tech sector: design and application of the GALAXY model; 8. Immigration and innovation in European regions; PART IV The international economy; 9. The impact of immigration on international trade: a meta-analysis; 10. A dual labour market for international migrants in a tourism-driven economy; PART V Political economy; 11. Can a legalization programme for immigrants generate conflict among natives?; 12. Profiles of Estonian immigrants and their participation in the Finnish welfare system
Description / Table of Contents:
Epilogue13. Migration impact assessment: retrospect and prospect; Index;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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