Economic aspects of international migration (Publications of the Egon-Sohmen-Foundation)

The papers in this volume cover the subject of international migration. The first paper discusses the influence of migration on world development; the second models the patterns of labour migration when workers differ in their skills and information is asymmetric; and the third explores the economics of international labour and capital flows. The second section of the text focuses on experiences in the USA. These papers discuss the performance of immigrants in the US labour market; the influence of immigrants on entrepreneurship in the 19th-century; ethnic identity, assimilation of immigrants, and the intergenerational transmission of immigrants' skills; and the labour market consequences of US immigration. The final part discusses lessons for Europe's migration policies. The first paper asks whether immigration policy can help to stabilize social security systems; the second explores the economic consequences of immigration and the resulting lessons for immigration policies; and the third reviews the conference's papers in the light of recent European developments.