Recent Developments in the Economics of International Migration

'The economics of immigration literature has grown in the last decade to reflect the complexity of economic issues arising from international migration. This collection is a comprehensive research resource which allows both the student and scholar to keep abreast with traditional topics and emerging economic issues in this field.' -- Don De Voretz, Simon Fraser University, Canada

Edited by Barry R. Chiswick, Professor and Department Chair, Department of Economics, George Washington University, US and IZA Institute for the Study of Labor, Bonn, Germany and the late Paul W. Miller, formerly Professor, School of Economics and Finance, Curtin University, Australia

Contents: Volume I: Immigration: Flows and Adjustment Acknowledgements Introduction Barry R. Chiswick and Paul W. Miller PART I INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION FLOWS 1. Ximena Clark, Timothy J. Hatton and Jeffrey G. Williamson (2007), Explaining U.S. Immigration, 19711998 2. Timothy J. Hatton (2004), Emigration from the UK, 18701913 and 19501998 3. Timothy J. Hatton and Jeffrey G. Williamson (2002), Out of Africa? Using the Past to Project African Emigration Pressure in the Future 4. Cynthia Feliciano (2005), Educational Selectivity in U.S. Immigration: How Do Immigrants Compare to Those Left Behind? PART II THE LABOR MARKET ADJUSTMENT OF IMMIGRANTS 5. Joseph Schaafsma and Arthur Sweetman (2001), Immigrant Earnings: Age at Immigration Matters 6. Barry R. Chiswick and Paul W. Miller (2002), Immigration Earnings: Language Skills, Linguistic Concentrations and the Business Cycle 7. Rachel M. Friedberg (2000), You Cant Take it with You? Immigrant Assimilation and the Portability of Human Capital 8. Darren Lubotsky (2007), Chutes or Ladders? A Longitudinal Analysis of Immigrant Earnings 9. Denise Doiron and Rochelle Guttmann (2009), Wealth Distributions of Migrant and Australian-born Households 10. Barry R. Chiswick and Paul W. Miller (2005), Do Enclaves Matter in Immigrant Adjustment 11. Anna Piil Damm (2009), Ethnic Enclaves and Immigrant Labor Market Outcomes: Quasi-Experimental Evidence 12. John M. McDowell and Larry D. Singell, Jr. (2000), Productivity of Highly-Skilled Immigrants: Economists in the Postwar Period 13. Magnus Lofstrom (2002), Labor Market Assimilation and the Self-Employment Decision of Immigrant Entrepreneurs 14. Francine D. Blau, Lawrence M. Kahn, Joan Y. Moriarty and Andre Portela-Souza (2003), The Role of the Family In Immigrants Labor-Market Activity: An Evalution of Alternative Explanations: Comment 15. Heather Antecol, Peter Kuhn and Stephen J. Trejo (2006), Assimilation via Prices or Quantities? Sources of Immigrant Earnings Growth in Australia, Canada and the United States PART III DEMOGRAPHIC ADJUSTMENT OF IMMIGRANTS 16. Heather Antecol and Kelly Bedard (2006), Unhealthy Assimilation: Why do Immigrants Converge to American Health Status Levels? 17. Ada Sol-Aur and Eileen M. Crimmins (2008), Health of Immigrants in European Countries 18. Barry R. Chiswick and Christina Houseworth (2011), Ethnic Intermarriage Among Immigrants: Human Capital and Assortative Mating 19. Xin Meng and Robert G. Gregory (2005), Intermarriage and the Economic Assimilation of Immigrants 20. Guillermina Jasso, Douglas S. Massey, Mark R. Rosenzweig and James P. Smith (2000), Assortative Mating Among Married New Legal Immigrants to the United States: Evidence From the New Immigrant Survey Pilot 21. Jochen Mayer and Regina T. Riphahn (2000), Fertility Assimilation of Immigrants: Evidence From Count Data Models 22. Neeraj Kaushal (2005), New Immigrants Location Choices: Magnets Without Welfare 23. Jorgen Hansen and Magnus Lofstrom (2003), Immigrant Assimilation and Welfare Participation: Do Immigrants Assimilate Into or Out of Welfare 24. Barry R. Chiswick and Noyna DebBurman (2004), Educational Attainment: Analysis by Immigrant Generation 25. Carmel U. Chiswick (2009), The Economic Determinants of Ethnic Assimilation 26. Amelie F. Constant, Liliya Gataullina and Klaus F.Zimmermann (2009), Ethnosizing Immigrants Volume II: Immigration and Language: Impacts and Policy Acknowledgements An Introduction to both volumes by the editors appears in volume I PART I LANGUAGE ADJUSTMENT OF IMMIGRANTS 1. Geoffrey Carliner (2000), The Language Ability of U.S. Immigrants: Assimilation and Cohort Effects 2. Barry R. Chiswick and Paul W. Miller (2001), A Model of Destination-Language Acquistion: Application to Male Immigrants