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Informationen zum Autor Tito Boeri is Professor of Economics at Bocconi University, Milan, and is affiliated with the Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER). He is Director of the Fondazione Rodolfo Debenedetti operating in the field of labour market and social policy reforms in Europe. He is a research fellow at CEPR and at the University of Michigan Business School.Gordon H. Hanson is Professor of Economics in the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at the University of California, San Diego. He is also a research associate in the National Bureau of Economic Research and on the Board of Editors for the American Economic Review and the Journal of International Economics.Barry McCormick has been Professor of Economics at the University of Southampton since 1991. His research is in labour economics, including labour markets in less developed countries. He is a part-time consultant for the UK Treasury on Regional Policy. Klappentext This book draws together and unifies analysis of immigration into the major EU countries and the US! making digestible and transparent the major trends and dramatic developments of the past decade. While the influence of the welfare state on immigration incentives is a key issue! various other influences on both legal and illegal migration are analyzed! together with the implications of migration for the market outcomes on these two continents. Zusammenfassung This text draws together and unifies analysis of immigration into the major EU countries and the US, making digestible and transparent the major trends and dramatic developments of the past decade. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: Managing Migration in the European Welfare State 1: Immigration and the EU 2: European Immigration Policy and the Selection of Immigrants 3: Welfare State Provision 4: Immigration and the Extension of Free Movement to Eastern Europe 5: European Attitudes Towards Immigrants 6: Contracted Temporary Migration 7: Managing European Migration Comments Part II: Immigration and the US Economy: Labour-Market Impacts, Illegal Entry, and Policy Choices 8: Introduction 9: Immigration and Immigration Policy in the United States 10: How Do Economies Adjust to Immigration Inflows? 11: Illegal Immigration 12: Fiscal Impacts of Immigration 13: The Political Economy of Immigration Policy 14: Conclusion Comments Final Remarks ...
