This is a definitive assessment of the current situation regarding migration in a comprehensive range of European countries with chapters on the USA, Canada, and New Zealand for purposes of comparison. Each country study is written by a local expert and the book as a whole is edited by one of Europe's leading scholars in the economics of migration.
1. The Economics of Migration,K. F. Zimmermann 2. From Boom to Bust: The Economic Integration of Immigrants in Postwar Sweden,T. Bengtsson, C. Lundh and K. Scott 3. Immigration in a High Unemployment Economy: The Recent Danish Experience,P. J. Pedersen 4. Irish Migration: Characteristics, Causes, and Consequences,A. Barrett 5. Migration, Migrants, and Policy in the United Kingdom,T. J. Hatton and S. Wheatley Price 6. The Netherlands: Old Emigrants -- Young Immigrant Country,J. C. van Ours and J. Veenman 7. German Migration: Development, Assimilation, and Labour Market Effects,T. Bauer, B. Dietz, K. F. Zimmermann, and E. Zwintz 8. Empirical Findings on the Swiss Migration Experience,T. Straubhaar and S. M. Golder 9. Italian Migration,A. Venturini and D. Del Boca 10. Migrations in Spain: Historical Background and Current Trends,O. Bover and P. Velilla 11. Greek Migration: The Two Faces of Janus,N. Glytsos and L. T. Katseli 12. An Assessment of Possible Migration Pressure Following EU Enlargement to Central and Eastern Europe,T. Bauer and K. F. Zimmermann 13. Aliyah to Israel: Immigration Under Conditions of Adversity,S. Neuman 14. The New Immigrants (USA),B. R. Chiswick and T. A. Sullivan 15. Canadian Immigration Experience: Any Lesson for Europe?,D. De Voretz and S. A. Laryea 16. Europeans in the Antipodes: New Zealand's Mixed Immigration Experience,R. Winkelmann