Postwar Migration in Southern Europe, 1950-2000: An Economic Analysis

by Alessandra Venturini

Overview

Managing migration promises to be one of the most difficult challenges of the twenty-first century. It will be even more difficult for Southern European countries, where emigration has leveled off and immigration has become a significant economic issue. This study combines a theoretical and empirical approach to fundamental migration issues in its analysis of Southern European migration. It considers the decision to migrate, and the effects on the country of departure and country of destination as well as the effectiveness of policies in managing migration.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521640404
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	07/26/2004
Pages:	302
Product dimensions:	6.42(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.91(d)

Table of Contents

List of figures and tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I. The Evolution of Migration in Southern European Countries: 1. The evolution of migration; 2. Approaches to the analysis of migratory phenomena; Part II. The Choice to Migrate: 3. An overview of the economic models; 4. Comments on an empirical version of the economic model; 5. The gravitational approach to migration; 6. The sociological approach to the migratory chain; 7. The evolution of migratory flows; 8. Empirical tests; 9. Final conclusions and implications for the flows of immigrants today; Part III. The Effects of Immigration on the Receiving Country: 10. An overview of models by main themes; 11. Complementarity and substitution: empirical evidence; 12. Conclusions; Part IV. The Effects of Emigration on the Country of Origin: 13. Emigration and growth; 14. Population and the labour market; 15. Emigrants' remittances; Part V. The Effectiveness of Migration Policies: 16. Immigration policy in its strictest sense; 17. Citizenship and naturalization; 18. Integration policies: linguistic proficiency: 19. Conclusions; References; Index.

Editorial Reviews

"...the complete treatment of the existing body of work on issues such as emigrants' remittances, competition and complementarity in labor markets, or the difficult reproduction of the labor population in Western Europe makes it a very up-to-date reference book on the economic aspects of actual migration waves in general." - Leen Beyers, Catholic University of Leuven

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