Handbook of the Economics of International Migration

The economic literature on international migration interests policymakers as well as academics throughout the social sciences. These volumes, the first of a new subseries in the Handbooks in Economics, describe and analyze scholarship created since the inception of serious attention began in the late 1970s. This literature appears in the general economics journals, in various field journals in economics (especially, but not exclusively, those covering labor market and human resource issues), in interdisciplinary immigration journals, and in papers by economists published in journals associated with history, sociology, political science, demography, and linguistics, among others.
- Covers a range of topics from labor market outcomes and fiscal consequences to the effects of international migration on the level and distribution of income - and everything in between.
- Encompasses a wide range of topics related to migration and is multidisciplinary in some aspects, which is crucial on the topic of migration
- Appeals to a large community of scholars interested in this topic and for whom no overviews or summaries exist

Section 4: THE IMPACT OF IMMIGRATIONChapter 15:  Immigration and the Distribution of Incomes. Lawrence M. Kahn and Francine D. BlauChapter 16: The Fiscal Impact of Immigrants: Taxes and Benefits. Carlos Vargas-SilvaChapter 17: Immigration and Entrepreneurship. Robert W. Fairlie and Magnus LofstromChapter 18: Migration, International Trade and Capital Formation: Cause or Effect?. Gabriel Felbermayr, Volker Grossmann, Wilhelm KohlerChapter 19:  The Impact of International Migration on Economic Growth in the Global Economy. Stephan Brunow, Peter Nijkamp, Jacques PootChapter 20: Migration and Remittances. Richard Brown and Eliana Jimenez-SotoChapter 21:  Immigration: What about the Children and Grandchildren?. Arthur Sweetman and Jan C. van Ours Section 5: REGIONAL STUDIESChapter 22:  The Labor Market Integration and Impacts of U.S. Immigrants. Brian C. Cadena, Brian Duncan, Stephen Trejo Chapter 23: Latin America and the Caribbean. Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes and Susan PozoChapter 24:  Immigration in Europe: Trends, Policies and Empirical Evidence. Sara de la Rica, Albrecht Glitz, Francesc OrtegaChapter 25: Israel. Sarit Cohen-GoldnerCameo 4:  A Down-Under Perspective on International Migration. Robert G. GregoryChapter 26:  African Migration. Robert E.B. LucasChapter 27:  The Economics of Migration in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries. Georges S. Naufal