Migrants and Markets
Perspectives from Economics and the Other Social Sciences
Published on 3. July 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
248 pages
978-90-5356-684-8 (ISBN)
Description
The established academic discipline that is economics and migration research - as a growing sub-discipline that has inevitably transgressed its own academic bounds - have long treated each other with mutual indifference.While migration research has suffered from a normative overstretch, economics has often reduced its analytical scope to those areas that traditionally belong to the 'genuine' economic sphere. Migrants and Markets contains eleven case studies that aim to overcome this artificially imposed barrier between economics and migration research. This is accomplished by applying economic methods to migratory phenomena, using economic theories to explain migratory patterns and by approaching the structure and development of markets as integral to the shaping of stocks and flows of migrants.
Reviews / Votes
-Aiming to bridge different disciplinary approaches, especially economics and other social sciences, this anthology is an invaluable addition to the interdisciplinary literature in the field of migration." -- Pieter Bevelander, Associate Professor, International Migration and Ethnic Relations (IMER) and Malm? Institute of Migration, Diversity and Welfare (MIM), Malm? University - "Migrants and Markets is an excellent example of fruitful cooperation among economists, sociologists and political scientists. From the impact Chinese student migration has on the UK and France to varying methodologies for remittance research, the array of topics is testament to how different fields can mutually enrich each other.? -- Thomas Straubhaar, Director of the Hamburg Institute of International Economics and Professor of Economics at the University of HamburgMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
ISBN-13
978-90-5356-684-8 (9789053566848)
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Holger Kolb | Henrik Egbert
Migrants and Markets
Perspectives from Economics and the Other Social Sciences
E-Book
07/2008
Amsterdam University Press
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Persons
Henrik H. Egbert; Holger H. Kolb
Content
Introduction, The Impact of Immigration on the Labour Market, Investigating the Economic Impact of Immigration on the Host Country, The 'Exit Option' of Labour Migration from East to West Germany, How Recent Ammendments in German Immigration Law Effect Decisions, Educational Selectivity and Labour Market Attainment of Jewesh Immigrants from the Former Soviet Union in Israel and Germany in the 1990s, States as Clubs?, Chinese Student Migration in Europe, Assessing Interdependencies between Sector Structures and Labour Migration, Workers' Remittances and International Risk Sharing, Skills and Remittances, The Impact of Migration on Foreign Trade in Bolivia, List of Contributors