World Scientific Handbook of Global Migration

As globalization and the flow of labor across the world accelerated during the latter part of the 20th century, the presence of foreign-born workers in a country's labor market became one of the most prominent and controversial features of modern economies. Countries that facilitated the arrival of foreign-born individuals often benefited from the increase in labor supply. An important channel for the benefits is through lower prices for consumer goods and services in the host country. This is not surprising because immigration is just another form of international trade, which often leads to cost savings and more diversity in the market. The immigrants themselves have also gained from international migration as it provides an opportunity to improve one's standard of living, pass remittances to family in the country of origin, and find new opportunities for general human flourishing in newly adopted surroundings.

Despite the myriad benefits that can result from the free movement of labor around the world, there is still deep concern and political debate about immigration's aftermath. The main economic concern, apart from social concerns such as social cohesion, centers on whether international migrants adversely impact labor market opportunities of natives.

The labor market prospects for foreign-born individuals, both in an absolute sense and in comparison to natives, are also very different across continents, as well as between countries that are in close proximity to one another. This variation could be driven by differences in the flexibility and structure of the host country's labor market or differences in the characteristics of the immigrants themselves. Examining the relative importance of these and other possible factors is another main theme in the study of immigration and the labor market. It is also addressed in the research presented in this Handbook.

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Contents:

• Volume 1: Immigration and the Labor Market: A Global View of Assimilation and its Aftermath:
  • Preface
  • About the Editor
  • List of Contributors
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Immigration and the Labor Market: A Global View of Assimilation and Its Aftermath (Robert Sauer and Michael Simmons)
  • Skill Differences and the Effect of Immigrants on the Wages of Natives (David A Jaeger)
  • The Economic Diversity of Immigration Across the United States (Rachel M Friedberg and David A Jaeger)
  • The Winners and Losers in the Turkish Labor Market on the Arrival of 1989 Repatriates from Bulgaria (Murat Güray Kirdar)
  • The Effects of Foreign Guest Workers in Israel on the Labor Market Outcomes of Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza Strip (Rachel M Friedberg and Robert M Sauer)
  • The Short-Run Impacts of Immigration on Native Workers: A Sectoral Approach (Pierre Mérel and Zachariah Rutledge)
  • How Do New Immigration Flows Affect Existing Immigrants? Evidence from the Refugee Crisis in Germany (Sumit S Deole and Yue Huang)
  • Employer Sanctions: A Policy with a Pitfall? (Oded Stark and Marcin Jakubek)
  • Schooling Forsaken: Education and Migration (Ilhom Abdulloev, Gil S Epstein and Ira N Gang)
  • Refugees, Economic Immigrants, and Self-Employment (Rania Gihleb, Osea Giuntella and Luca Stella)
  • Index
• Volume 2: Global Migration: Alternative Views and Social Comparisons:
  • Preface
  • About the Editor
  • List of Contributors
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Global Migration: Alternative Views and Social Comparisons (Robert Sauer and Michael Simmons)
  • On the Heterogeneous Nature of the Nexus between Social Identity and Economic Outcomes of Immigrants (Maria Rosaria Carillo, Vincenzo Lombardo, and Tiziana Venittelli)
  • On the Role of Social Comparisons in Shaping Migrants' Remittance Behavior: Theory, and Evidence from China (Oded Stark and Daniel LaFave)
  • Diaspora Networks as a Bridge between Civilizations (Ishac Diwan, Michele Tuccio, and Jackline Wahba)
  • Social Contacts, Dutch Language Proficiency, and Immigrant Economic Performance in the Netherlands (Barry R Chiswick and Zhiling Wang)
  • Endogenous Immigration Policy in a Stylized Political Economy (Armando R Lopez-Velasco)
  • An Integrated Theory of Relative Deprivation and Risk-Laden Migration (Oded Stark and Wiktor Budzinski)
  • Relative Income and Life Satisfaction of Turkish Immigrants: The Impact of a Collectivistic Culture? (Devrim Dumludag, Ozge Gokdemir, and Maarten C M Vendrik)
  • Exitability and Institutional Quality (Matthew Brown and Danko Tarabar)
  • A Better Place to Call Home: Natural Disasters, Climate Risk, and Regional Migration (Tamara L Sheldon and Crystal Zhan)
  • Mind What Your Voters Read: Media Exposure and International Economic Policymaking (Giovanni Facchini, Tommaso Frattini, and Cora Signorotto)
  • Index
• Volume 3: Types of Migrants and Economies: A Global Perspective:
  • 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.