The Economics of Immigration

The Economics of Immigration provides students with the tools needed to examine the impact of immigration and immigration policies over the past century; to understand the decision to migrate, the impacts of immigration on markets and government budgets, and the consequences of immigration policies in a global context.

Cynthia Bansak is the Charles A. Dana Professor of Economics at St. Lawrence University, U.S.A. Nicole Simpson is the W. Bradford Wiley Professor of Economics at Colgate University, U.S.A. Madeline Zavodny is the Donna L. Gibbs and First Coast Systems Professor of Economics at the University of North Florida, U.S.A.

Preface. Part I. Background on Immigration 1. Why Study the Economics of Immigration? 2. Patterns of International Migration 3. Determinants of Immigration Part II. Immigrant Selection and Assimilation 4. Selection in Immigration 5. Assimilation 6. The Second Generation Part III. Labor Market Effects of Immigration 7. Labor Market Effects: Theory 8. Labor Market Effects: Evidence Part IV. Other Effects of Immigration 9. Effects on Other Markets in the Destination 10. Fiscal Effects 11. Effects on Source Countries Part V: Immigration Policy 12. Immigration Policy around the World 13. U.S. Immigration Policy Part VI: Frontiers in Immigration Research 14. Frontiers in the Economics of Immigration