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This page is maintained by Martin Kahanec and Martin Guzi. The Migration Program Area focuses on the many dimensions of the growing international and internal migration. It is concerned with the determinants of the supply and demand for migration, including immigration law and the legal status of migrants. It is also interested in the many aspects of the adjustment of the migrants and their descendants in the destination, including public policies regarding absorption and assimilation. Moreover, the program area is concerned with the impact of the migration on both the origin and the destination. The implications of the analyses for immigration policy, absorption and assimilation policy, and other public policies will also be developed. |
Barry R. Chiswick,Program Director, University of Illinois at Chicago
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Amelie F. Constant,Deputy Program Director, DIW DC, George Washington University and IZA
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Martin Kahanec,Deputy Program Director, IZA
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Highlights
News- L. Alan Winters in Euroasylum's Monthly Policy Interviews on Migration Policy [view text]- Amelie Constant in AICGS Advisor: "Women and Entrepreneurship in Germany" [view text] - George Borjas testifies before U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions [view text] - Barry R. Chiswick in New York Times: "The Worker Next Door" [view text] - Barry R. Chiswick, Richard B. Freeman and Harry J. Holzer testify before U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee [view text] - Amelie Constant in AICGS Advisor: "Immigration at a Critical Juncture" [view text] - Klaus F. Zimmermann in IZA Compact: "Immigration Policy at a Crossroads?" (p. 16) [view text] |
IZA Director calls for fundamental changes in German immigration policyIn view of the skilled labor shortage in Germany, IZA Director Klaus F. Zimmermann has urged policymakers to ease the current restrictions on labor immigration. An export nation like Germany "cannot survive in the globalized world" without opening its labor market to qualified foreign workers, said Zimmermann in an interview with the news agency "ddp". At the same time he proposed the establishment of a "Federal Ministry for Immigration and Integration" to ensure a consistent policy with regard to all economic, social and educational aspects surrounding this issue.For more information (in German) see: - full text of the ddp interview (July 25, 2010) - op-ed by Klaus F. Zimmermann in Süddeutsche Zeitung (July 27, 2010) - IZA Standpunkt No. 28 ("Mehr ökonomische Rationalität in der Zuwanderungspolitik") |
Migration Topic WeekThe "Migration Topic Week" established in 2006 is a gathering of migration scholars at IZA and over time it became the regular annual event.The idea is to create a forum of discussions on migration, to provide the opportunities to have useful interactions and engage in long discussions with both young scholars and seasoned researchers in migration, to have highly stimulating and provocative meetings, to brainstorm, and to converge to possible fruitful collaborations. This forum is not confined to the constrained format of a conference or a workshop. We especially invite researchers who want to work together on migration projects during this week. We expect to have longer lectures from the participants and end the week with our Annual Migration Meeting (participants may also present or discuss papers at the AM²). All participants are expected to interface and have an active role during the week and at the AM². This first "Migration Topic Week" took place at IZA on May 13-21, 2006. It was bookended by the 2nd Migrant Ethnicity Meeting (MEM) (May 14-16), in conjunction with a meeting of practitioners, and the 3rd Annual Migration Meeting (AM²) (May 20-21). Participants in the Migration topic week were involved in both meetings and served as discussants to one or both meetings [view photo gallery]. |
The Julian Simon LectureThe Annual Migration Meeting (AM2) established the Julian Simon Keynote Lecture in honor of Julian Simon, in recognition of his research on the economic effects of population change.2004 Lecture: Don J. DeVoretz, "Immigration Policy: Methods and Assessment" [download PDF] 2005 Lecture: Klaus F. Zimmermann, "Fortress Europe: The Price of Being Closed" 2006 Lecture: Timothy J. Hatton, "Should We Have a WTO for International Migration?" [download PDF] 2007 Lecture: Barry R. Chiswick, "The Economics of Language" [download PDF] 2008 Lecture: Sara de la Rica, "Immigration in Spain: Facts, Economic Outcomes and Lessons" [download PDF] 2009 Lecture: Jeffrey G. Williamson, "Vanishing Third World Emigrants?" [download PDF] 2010 Lecture: Eskil Wadensjö, "Experiences of the Common Nordic Labour Market" [download PDF] |
The Board of Transatlantic AdvisersThe Board of Transatlantic Advisers comprises some of the most influential academicians and policy intellectuals with profound expertise on current labor and migration challenges from both sides of the Atlantic. The main role of the Board is to inform IZA's research agenda by firmly connecting it to the critical scientific and policy issues in the areas of migration, immigrant integration, and the associated transatlantic challenges. The IZA's Migration Program Area frequently consults its research projects with David G. Blanchflower (UK), Barry R. Chiswick (US), Jose Manuel Fresno-Garcia (Spain), Guillermina Jasso (US), Douglas S. Massey (US) and Rita Süssmuth (Germany). |
Events
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Projects
Study on Active Inclusion of Migrants
| Funded by: European Commission Project Start: 2009/07/15 Project End: 2011/01/15 | |
| Project leader(s): | Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA, DIW Berlin and Bonn University), Martin Kahanec (IZA), Alan Barrett (ESRI, Dublin and IZA) |
| Short Description: | The overriding objective of this study is to provide the European Commission with expert assessment of the main trends in the situation of migrants with regards to social assistance and access to social services, in-depth analysis of the main determinants of these trends and rigorous account of the mutual interaction of migration policies and social assistance policies. In order to achieve these objectives, we conduct research along a number of dimensions and involve a broad range of available resources. We use comparable data across the EU to provide both descriptive and analytical assessments of the use of social assistance by immigrants, relative to natives, across all EU countries. We also use this data to consider the characteristics of immigrants in Europe, with a particular interest in assessing if differences in welfare policies influence the nature of the immigrants entering different countries. Country-specific studies are conducted whereby the findings from the broader trans-national analysis can be supplemented with more detailed national-level enquiries. The 2010 wave of the IZA Expert Opinion Survey has been tailored to reach out to expert stakeholders and shed light on what integration policies are needed and work in the field. In a focused effort to further develop our understanding of these issues at the national level, we have convened country visits in France, Germany, Ireland, Italy and the Netherlands. These visits have served as intellectual fora at which the results of the project, including the respective country's case study, have been presented and critically evaluated against the expertise and experience of local academics, policy makers, national officials, practitioners, NGO representatives and media. Policy relevance of the proposed conclusions has been thoroughly discussed in policy roundtables, plenary discussions, and face-to-face meetings. Country visits: IZA, Bonn, March 15, 2010 University of Amsterdam, March 26, 2010 ESRI, Ireland, March 29, 2010 CREST, Paris, April 2, 2010 University Bocconi, Milan, April 9, 2010 |
EU Enlargement and the Labor Markets
| Funded by: IZA Project Start: 2006/11/01 Project End: 2011/12/31 | |
| Project leader(s): | Martin Kahanec (IZA), Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA, DIW Berlin and Bonn University) |
| Participants: | Anzelika Zaiceva (IZA and University of Bologna), Holger Hinte (IZA) |
| Short Description: | This Migration Program research sub-area combines IZA's internal scientific potential with the expertise of external researchers to address two primary scientific objectives. First, we assess the effects of the 2004 and 2007 EU enlargements on the labor markets of the fifteen original member states as well as the ten new members from Central and Eastern Europe. The second objective is to evaluate the different immigration policies adopted by the original member states towards immigrants from the new member states. To foster collaboration with external experts on achieving these objectives, the IZA Expert Network on EU Enlargement and the Labor Markets has been established. The network is coordinated by Martin Kahanec and currently involves nine members (Alan Barrett, Ireland; Denis Fougere, France; Marek Gora, Poland; Joop Hartog, The Netherlands; Timothy J. Hatton, The UK; Mihails Hazans, Latvia; Peder J. Pedersen, Denmark; Sara de la Rica, Spain; and Eskil Wadensjö, Sweden). |
Recent Discussion Papers
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| 5157 | Redzo Mujcic, Paul Frijters | Economic Choices and Status: Measuring Preferences for Income Rank | August 2010 |  |
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| 5142 | Randall K. Q. Akee, Arnab K. Basu, Nancy Chau, Melanie Khamis | Ethnic Fragmentation, Conflict, Displaced Persons and Human Trafficking: An Empirical Analysis | August 2010 | |
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| 5141 | Aslan Zorlu, Clara H. Mulder | Location Choices of Migrant Nest-Leavers: Spatial Assimilation or Continued Segregation? (forthcoming in: Advances in Life Course Research (available online: June 2010)) |
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| 5134 | Anna Myunghee Kim | Foreign Labour Migration and the Economic Crisis in the EU: Ongoing and Remaining Issues of the Migrant Workforce in Germany | August 2010 | |
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| 5129 | Jiong Tu | The Impact of Immigration on the Labour Market Outcomes of Native-Born Canadians | August 2010 | |
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| 5128 | Jiong Tu | Explaining the Labour Market Outcomes of First, Second and Third Generation Immigrants in Canada | August 2010 | |
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| 5125 | David McKenzie, Dean Yang | Experimental Approaches in Migration Studies (forthcoming in: Handbook of Research Methods in Migration) |
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| 5124 | John Gibson, David McKenzie | The Economic Consequences of "Brain Drain" of the Best and Brightest: Microeconomic Evidence from Five Countries | August 2010 | |
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| 5123 | Gil S. Epstein, Ira N. Gang | Migration and Culture | August 2010 | |
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| 5122 | Raquel Fernández | Does Culture Matter? | August 2010 | |
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| 5120 | Randall K. Q. Akee, Mutlu Yuksel | Skin Tone's Decreasing Importance on Employment: Evidence from a Longitudinal Dataset, 1985-2000 | August 2010 | |
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| 5115 | Maarten van Ham, Lee Williamson, Peteke Feijten, Paul Boyle | Right to Buy… Time to Move? Investigating the Effect of the Right to Buy on Moving Behaviour in the UK | August 2010 | |
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| 5108 | Martin Kahanec, Mutlu Yuksel | Intergenerational Transfer of Human Capital under Post-War Distress: The Displaced and the Roma in the Former Yugoslavia | August 2010 | |
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| 5104 | Olga Nottmeyer | Does Intermarriage Pay Off? A Panel Data Analysis | August 2010 | |
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| 5080 | Delia Furtado, Nikolaos Theodoropoulos | Why Does Intermarriage Increase Immigrant Employment? The Role of Networks | July 2010 | |
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| 5075 | Barry R. Chiswick, Paul W. Miller | The Effects of School Quality in the Origin on the Payoff to Schooling for Immigrants (forthcoming in: Gil Epstein and Ira Gang (eds.), Culture and Migration (Frontiers of Economics and Globalization), Emerald Publishers, 2010) |
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| 5071 | Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere, Willie Belton | Black-White Gap in Self-Employment in the U.S.: Do Cohort and Within Race Differences Exist? | July 2010 | |
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| 5070 | Örn B. Bodvarsson, Jack W. Hou | The Effects of Aging on Migration in a Transition Economy: The Case of China | July 2010 | |
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| 5068 | Carmel U. Chiswick | How Economics Helped Shape American Judaism (forthcoming in: Aaron Levine (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Judaism and Economics, OUP: 2010) |
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| 5063 | James C. Cox, Wafa Hakim Orman | Immigrant Assimilation, Trust and Social Capital | July 2010 | |
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Selected Publications
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| Thomas Bauer, Klaus F. Zimmermann | The Economics of Migration, Edward Elgar Publishing: Cheltenham: 2002. |
| Klaus F. Zimmermann, Amelie Constant | How Labor Migrants Fare, Springer-Verlag: Berlin, et al. 2004, 424 pages. |
| Torben Tranæs, Klaus F. Zimmermann | Migrants, Work, and the Welfare State, University Press of Southern Denmark: Odense 2004, 436 pages. |
| Barry R. Chiswick | The Economics of Immigration, Edward Elgar Publishing: Cheltenham, UK 2005, 424 pages. |
| Klaus F. Zimmermann, Holger Hinte | Zuwanderung und Arbeitsmarkt. Deutschland und Dänemark im Vergleich (Immigration and the Labor Market. Germany and Denmark in Comparison), Springer-Verlag: Berlin et al. 2005, 322 pages. |
| Klaus F. Zimmermann | European Migration: What Do We Know?, Oxford University Press: Oxford/New York 2005, 653 pages. |
| Solomon Polachek, Carmel U. Chiswick, Hillel Rapoport | The Economics of Immigration and Social Diversity, Vol. 24 (Research in Labor Economics), JAI Press: Greenwich, CT 2006, 488 pages. |
| Klaus F. Zimmermann, Thomas Bauer, Holger Bonin, René Fahr, Holger Hinte | Migrant Labor Demand in the Face of High Unemployment. An Economic Integration Concept for Germany, Springer-Verlag: Berlin et al. 2007. |
| Barry R. Chiswick, Paul W. Miller | The Economics of Language, Routledge: 2007, 598 pages. |
| Holger Hinte, Klaus F. Zimmermann, Ernst Fehr, Holger Bonin | Immigration Policy and the Labor Market: The German Experience and Lessons for Europe , Springer: Berlin et al. 2007. |
| Carmel U. Chiswick | Economics of American Judaism, Routledge: 2008, 208 pages. |
| Robert W. Fairlie, Alicia M. Robb | Race and Entrepreneurial Success: Black-, Asian- and White-Owned Businesses in the United States, The MIT Press: 2008, 256 pages. |
| Don J. DeVoretz | Economics of Citizenship in the Old and New World , Malmo: IMER: 2008. |
| Pieter Bevelander, Don J. DeVoretz | The Economics of Citizenship, MIM: Malmo University: 2008, 176 pages. |
| Martin Kahanec, Klaus F. Zimmermann | EU Labor Markets after Post-Enlargement Migration , Springer Verlag: Berlin 2009, 320 pages. |
| Martin Kahanec, Klaus F. Zimmermann | Ethnic Diversity in the European Labor Markets: Challenges and Solutions (Forthcoming 2011), Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. Cheltenham: 2011. |
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| Amelie Constant, Klaus F. Zimmermann | "Immigrant Performance and Selective Immigration Policy: A European Perspective", in: National Institute Economic Review, 2005, 194/4, 4-15. |
| Klaus F. Zimmermann | "European Labour Mobility: Challenges and Potentials", in: De Economist, 2005, 153 (4), 1-26. |
| Barry R. Chiswick, Yew Liang Lee, Paul W. Miller | "Immigrant Earnings: A Longitudinal Analysis", in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2005, 51 (4), 485-503. |
| Amelie Constant, Klaus F. Zimmermann | "The Making of Entrepreneurs in Germany: Are Native Men and Immigrants Alike?", in: Small Business Economics, 2006, 26/3, 279-300. |
| Don J. DeVoretz, Sergiy Pivnenko | "The Economic Causes and Consequences of Canadian Citizenship", in: Journal of Immigration and Integration, 2006, 6 (3/4), 435-468. |
| Amelie Constant | "Female Proclivity to the World of Business", in: Kyklos, 2006, 59 (4), 465-480. |
| Amelie Constant, Yochanan Shachmurove | "Entrepreneurial ventures and wage differentials between Germans and immigrants", in: International Journal of Manpower, 2006, 27(3), 208-229. |
| Amelie Constant, Yochanan Shachmurove, Klaus F. Zimmermann | "What Makes an Entrepreneur and Does It Pay? Native Men, Turks, and Other Migrants in Germany", in: International Migration, 2007 (forthcoming). |
Useful Links
| IZA - Additional Web Resources on the Topics of Migration | |||
| IZA - Database for Migration Literature | |||
| Migration Data Bases | |||
| Volkswagen Foundation Initiative on Migration and Integration | |||