The third volume in this series on global migration contains nine chapters that address the multidimensional variation in classic migration factors as well as how the migration process and inequality affect preferences for migration-related public policies. The studies in each chapter use a variety of data sources and theoretical models to examine important and relatively neglected areas in migration research.
The nine fascinating studies also address relatively neglected topics in the migration literature. The chapters highlight how religiosity, preferences for spending, the earnings distribution, environmental policy, ancestry differences, and stages 1 of economic development are all important contributors to migration decisions and outcomes. In addition, the plausible negative correlation between the costs of migration and its incidence is shown to not necessarily always be true. The findings in this volume should help expand the public debate regarding the impact and determinants of migration, and also provide a solid stepping stone for new and useful migration research that is relevant to the entire global economy.
Sample Chapter(s)
Preface
Chapter 1: Types of Migrants and Types of Economies: A Global Perspective
Contents:
- Preface
- About the Editor
- List of Contributors
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Types of Migrant and Types of Economies: A Global Perspective (Robert Sauer and Michael Simmons)
- Immigration and Redistribution (Benjamin Elsner and Jeff Concannon)
- Religiosity as a Barrier to Immigration (Yaling Ji and Per G Fredriksson)
- The Selection of Return Migrants: Some Evidence and a Model-based Analysis (Joseph-Simon Görlach and Filippo Palomba)
- Does it Really Matter How Different We Are? Ancestry Distances and Income in the United States (Valeria Rueda)
- International Migration and Foreign Direct Investment in a Macro-Dynamic Model of Two Small Open Economies (Sokchea Lim)
- Immigrants Do Not Negatively Affect the Economic Institutions of American States (Alex Nowrasteh and Andrew C Forrester)
- Intensity of Migration Need Not Decrease When Migration Cost Increases: The Mitigating Power of Joint Savings Agreements (Oded Stark and Marcin Jakubek)
- Agglomeration, Pollution, and Migration: A Substantial Link, and Policy Design (Oded Stark, Yu Pang, and Simon Fan)
- The Slippery Slope from Pluralistic to Plural Societies (Nicola Campigotto, Chiara Rapallini, and Aldo Rustichini)
- Index
Readership: Academics specializing in the field of global migration, policy makers, and graduate students taking courses on labor economics.
Robert Sauer is a Professor of Economics at Royal Holloway, University of London and the Editor-in-Chief of the European Economic Review (EER), as well as the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Economics, Management and Religion (JEMAR). His previous academic appointments include the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv University, Brown University, and the University of Bristol. He completed a PhD in economics at New York University.
His research focuses on migration, labor force dynamics, entrepreneurship, volunteerism and the economics of religion. He has published his work in leading scientific journals including Econometrica, the Journal of Political Economy, The Review of Economic Studies, the International Economic Review, The Economic Journal, the Journal of Labor Economics and the British Journal of Industrial Relations. He has also published numerous essays and opinion pieces on contemporary social and economic issues in the popular press and has appeared on leading podcasts to discuss them.