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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451638103321

Titolo

European migration [[electronic resource] ] : what do we know? / / edited by Klaus F. Zimmermann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005

ISBN

1-280-75907-0

9786610759071

0-19-155523-1

1-4237-8665-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (676 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ZimmermannKlaus F

Disciplina

304.8094

331.62094

Soggetti

Foreign workers - Europe

Labor market - Europe

Labor mobility - Europe

Migrant labor - Europe

Electronic books.

Europe Emigration and immigration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; 1. Introduction: What We Know About European Migration; 2. From Boom to Bust: The Economic Integration of Immigrants in Postwar Sweden; 3. Migration in a Scandinavian Welfare State: The Recent Danish Experience; 4. Irish Migration: Characteristics, Causes, and Consequences; 5. Migration, Migrants, and Policy in the United Kingdom; 6. The Netherlands: Old Emigrants-Young Immigrant Country; 7. German Migration: Development, Assimilation, and Labour Market Effects; 8. Immigrant Adjustment in France and Impacts on the Natives

9. Italian Migration10. Greek Migration: The Two Faces of Janus; 11. Migrations in Spain: Historical Background and Current Trends; 12. International Migration from and to Portugal: What Do We Know and Where Are We Going?; 13. Aliyah to Israel: Immigration under



Conditions of Adversity; 14. The New Immigrants: Immigration and the USA; 15. Canadian Immigration Experience: Any Lessons for Europe?; 16. Europeans in the Antipodes: New Zealand's Mixed Migration Experience; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Developed countries, especially in Europe, face a number of issue related to migration: social and economic disruptions caused by the declining demand for unskilled labour and resulting unemployment, a shortage of skilled labour in many professions, increasing international competition for highly qualified human capital, radical demographic changes, and the forthcoming expansion of the European Union, which will trigger further immigration into major European countries and createnew market opportunities in Central and Eastern Europe.This suggests a need for a deeper knowledge of the causes and