Postwar migration in southern Europe, 1950-2000 : an economic analysis / Alessandra Venturini.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Venturini, Alessandra, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Europe, Southern--Emigration and immigration--Economic aspects.

Europe, Southern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 286 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Managing migration promises to be one of the most difficult challenges of the twenty-first century. It will be even more difficult for south European countries, from which emigration has levelled off and to which immigration has become a significant economic issue. Southern Europe is close to other regions where the pressure to emigrate is intense: these regions have a high level of unemployment, above the European Union average, and a large informal sector, often 15-25 per cent of their economies as a whole. This book analyses the southern European migration case using an economic approach. It combines a theoretical and an empirical approach on the fundamental migration issues - the decision to migrate, effects on the country of departure and country of destination, and the effectiveness of policies in managing migration. It also explores the transformation due to migration of southern European countries in the 1980s and 1990s.

Contents:

1. The evolution of migration in southern European countries

2. The choice to migrate

3. The effects of immigration on the receiving country

4. The effects of emigration on the country of origin

5. The effectiveness of migration policies.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-265) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-14252-0

1-280-54102-4

0-511-21506-1

0-511-21685-8

0-511-21148-1

0-511-31554-6

0-511-51079-9

0-511-21325-5

OCLC:

171139062