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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.