The age of mass migration : causes and economic impact /

Main Author: Hatton, T. J.
Other Authors: Williamson, Jeffrey G.,
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1998.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. What This Book Is About
  • 2. The Issues
  • 3. Why Did EuropeansEmigrate?
  • 4. Cycles, Swings, and Shocks: Waiting to Make the Move
  • 5. After the Famine: Irish Experience
  • 6. Segmented Markets, MultipleDestinations: Italian Experience
  • 7. Assimilating the Immigrant: AnAmerican Melting Pot?
  • 8. Absorbing the Immigrant: The Impact onAmericans
  • 9. Labor Market Impact at Home: Ireland and Sweden
  • 10.Labor Market Impact Abroad and Convergence
  • 11. Mass Migration andInequality Trends Within Countries
  • 12. Coda: The Evolution of aGlobal Labor Market.