When immigrants arrive in a new country, they are confronted with new labour market requirements such as language proficiency, familiarity with job-search procedures and work practices which they are not always able to satisfy. Over time, this expertise can be acquired. In practice however,...

"This book offers a detailed description of the lives of immigrant women across the globe, featuring the voices of women as they describe their experiences living in the diaspora either with their families or alone"--

Comprehensive and coordinated action across levels of government responsible for different policy domains (labour, education, housing and welfare/health) as well as across local actors is crucial to migrant integration. To respond to this need for co-ordination, different policy instruments are...

Upon arrival in a host country, immigrants often have lower obesity rates (as measured for instance by BMI-body mass index) than their native counterparts do, but these rates converge over time. In light of the worldwide obesity epidemic and the flow of immigrants into host countries with higher...