| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 653 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
From boom to bust: the economic integration of immigrants in postwar Sweden / Tommy Bengtsson, Christer Lundh, Kirk Scott -- Migration in a Scandinavian welfare state: the recent Danish experience / Peder J. Pederson -- Irish Migration: characteristics, causes, and consequences / Alan Barrett -- Migration, migrants, and policy in the United Kingdom / Timothy J. Hatton, Stephen Wheatley Price -- The Netherlands: old emigrants-young immigrant country / Yan C. van Ours, Justus Veenman -- German migration: development, assimilation, and labour market effects / Thomas Bauer [and others] -- Immigrant adjustment in France and impacts on the natives / Amelie Constant -- Italian migration / Daniela Del Boca, Alessandra Venturini -- Greek migration: the two faces of Janus / Nicholas P. Glystos, Louka T. Katseli -- Migrations in Spain: historical background and current trends / Olympia Bover, Pilar Velilla -- International migration from and to Portugal: what do we know and where are we going? / Maria I.B. Baganha, Pedro Góis, Pedro T. Pereira -- Aliyah to Israel: immigration under conditions of adversity / Shoshana Neuman -- The new immigrants: immigration and the USA / Barry R. Chiswick, Teresa A. Sullivan -- Canadian immigration experience: any lessons for Europe? / Don J. DeVoretz, Samuel A. Laryea -- Europeans in the Antipodes: New Zealand's mixed migration experience / Rainer Winkelmann |
| Summary |
Developed countries, especially in Europe, face a number of issue related to migration: social and economic disruptions caused by the declining demand for unskilled labour and resulting unemployment, a shortage of skilled labour in many professions, increasing international competition for highly qualified human capital, radical demographic changes, and the forthcoming expansion of the European Union, which will trigger further immigration into major European countries and createnew market opportunities in Central and Eastern Europe. This suggests a need for a deeper knowledge of the causes and |
| Analysis |
European migration |
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Migration |
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CEPR |
| Notes |
"Preliminary versions of many of these papers were presented at the CEPR conference 'European migration: what do we know?' held in Munich on November 14-15th 1997"--Acknowledgements |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Labor mobility -- Europe
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Migrant labor -- Europe
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Foreign workers -- Europe
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Labor market -- Europe
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
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Emigration and immigration
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Foreign workers
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Labor market
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Labor mobility
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Migrant labor
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Migratie (demografie)
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| SUBJECT |
Europe -- Emigration and immigration
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| Subject |
Europe
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Conference papers and proceedings
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Zimmermann, Klaus F
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Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain)
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| LC no. |
2005277869 |
| ISBN |
9780191555237 |
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0191555231 |
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1423786653 |
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9781423786658 |
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9780199257355 |
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0199257353 |
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9786610759071 |
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6610759073 |
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1280759070 |
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9781280759079 |
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