World Scientific Handbook of Global Migration

The following sections are included:

• Preface
• About the Editor
• List of Contributors
• Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables

The following sections are included:

• Introduction
• Case Studies in a Global Perspective
• Conclusion

The following sections are included:

• Introduction
• Motivations and Literature
  • The effects of social identity on individuals’ attitudes and self-concept
  • The networks’ effects and in-group favoritism
  • The role of intergroup relationships
• Data and Descriptive Statistics
  • Immigrants’ social identity
• Empirical Strategy
• Baseline Results
• Potential Mechanisms
  • The role of individual socio-demographic characteristics
  • The role of intergroup relationships
• Conclusion
• Acknowledgments
• References

The following sections are included:

• Introduction
• Analytical considerations
• The empirical approach
• Data: Chinese rural-to-urban migrants
• Estimation results
  • Remittances respond to the reference group level
  • Heterogeneity in adherence to the reference group’s norm
• Conclusion
• References

The following sections are included:

• Introduction
• Conceptual Framework
• Data and Descriptive Statistics
• Empirical Analysis
• The Case of Tunisia
  • The diaspora during transition: Data and methodology
  • Empirical findings
• Conclusions
• References

The following sections are included:

• Introduction
• Theory and Hypotheses
• Data and Variables
  • Data
  • Dependent and independent variables
  • Descriptive statistics
• Empirics
  • Identification of earnings assimilation in panel setting
  • Cross-section analyses
  • Panel data analyses on earnings
  • Panel data analyses on employment
  • Panel data analyses on occupational status
• Robustness Checks
• Main Conclusions and Discussion
• References
• Appendix

The following sections are included:

• Introduction
• A Political Economic Model of Immigration
  • The economic environment
  • Preferences of the old
  • Preferences of the young
  • Types of equilibria
• Applications and Extensions
  • Aging
  • The model under periodic fertility rates: Baby booms and baby busts
  • Immigration and dynamic efficiency
• Conclusions
• References
• Appendix
  • The indirect utility function of the young as a function of w_t, R_t+1 and b_t+1
  • Proof that $\frac{b_{t+1}}{R_{t+1}}$ is given by $\frac{\tau (1-\alpha )}{\alpha }{s}_t$
  • Derivation of the young agent’s indirect utility function (Equation (6.14))
  • Derivation of Equation (6.15)

The following sections are included:

• Introduction
• An integrated model of relative deprivation and risk-laden migration
• Measures of robustness
  • At destination the individual experiences relative deprivation only when unemployed
  • In the utility representation, relative deprivation is entered non-linearly
• A numerical illustration
• Conclusion
• References

The following sections are included:

• Introduction
• Data, Descriptive Evidence, and Variables
  • Survey
  • Descriptive evidence on income comparison
  • Other variables
  • Representativeness of the sample
• Model and Hypotheses
  • Model
  • Hypotheses and estimation method
• Estimation Results
  • Ethnic reference groups
  • Life-domain reference groups
  • Empirical support for the collectivism interpretation
• Robustness
  • Ordered-probit and subsample estimation results
  • Dropping and adding control variables and causality
• Conclusions
• Compliance with Ethical Standards
• References
• Appendix

The following sections are included:

• Introduction
• Variable Construction and Empirical Method
• Data
• Results
• Robustness and Further Analysis
• Concluding Remarks
• References

The following sections are included:

• Introduction
• Background
• Conceptual Model
• Empirical Strategy
• Data
  • Internal Revenue Service migration data
  • American Community Survey
  • Federal Emergency Management Agency data
  • Summary statistics
• Results
  • Baseline
  • Lagged effects
  • Quartile of IHP per capita aid
  • Income of migrants
  • Migrant destinations
  • Net migration flows
• Conclusion
• References
• Appendix

The following sections are included:

• Introduction
• Literature
• Measuring Media Exposure
• Data
• Empirical Analysis
  • Specification
  • Main results
  • The role of electoral accountability
• Reverse Causality
• Additional Results
• Conclusions
• References
• Appendix

The following section is included:

• Index