Contents: 1. A legacy of discrimination -- Part I A review of U.S. Immigration history -- 2. The colonial era and the northern and western European Wave, 1607-1874 -- 3. The southern and eastern European wave: qualitative restrictions, 1875-1920 -- 4. The national origin quota system:...

'Constant and Zimmermann have assembled a collection of essays that is remarkable in one extremely important way: it integrates many novel research topics into the mainstream immigration literature, including ethnic hiring patterns, obesity, the economic consequences of interethnic marriages,...

1. Ethnic minorities in the European Union : an overview / Martin Kahanec, Anzelika Zaiceva and Klaus F. Zimmermann -- 2. An expert stakeholder's view on European integration challenges / Amelie F. Constant, Martin Kahanec and Klaus F. Zimmermann -- 3. The practice of minority integration in the...

This Handbook brings together a range of viewpoints on a number of the burning issues affecting urban sustainability in North America and Europe at the beginning of the 21st century. H.S. Geyer and his contributors cover a wide spectrum of the urban policy issues that determine the growth and...

Recommended readings (Machine generated): Alesina, A. and S. Ardagna (1998) 'Tales of Fiscal Adjustment', Economic Policy, October: 489-545 -- Alesina, A. and R. Perotti (1995) 'Fiscal Expansion and Adjustments in OECD Countries', Economic Policy, 10 (21): 205-48 -- Alesina, A. and R. Perotti...

1. Introduction -- Part I catch-up and leapfrogging at the economy level -- 2. Historical origins and initial conditions for economic catch-up (with H.Y. Lee) -- 3. Korean model of catch-up development: a 'capability-based view' -- 4. Intellectual property rights and technological catch up -- 5....

1. Introduction -- Part I: basic concepts -- 2. Piketty's contribution -- 3. Measurement -- 4. Inequality and aggregate demand -- Part II: endogenous dynamics and instability -- 5. Aggregate demand, growth and instability -- 6. Wealth, public debt and instability -- 7. Recursive workhorses --...

Money, distribution and economic policy takes issue with the inappropriate treatment of money, effective demand and distribution issues in modern mainstream macroeconomics. It presents contributions which are critical of modern orthodoxy and which explore alternative approaches to macroeconomics...

1. Introduction : the world economy in historical perspective -- 2. Economic growth and development : a very long-run view -- 3. Growth theories : old and new -- 4. Managing aggregate economic instability : from Keynes to Lucas -- 5. International economic integration in the Second Global Age.

Though scientists and environmentalists have long expressed concern over the rapid deterioration of the global environment, economists have largely failed to recognize the issues relevance to their field. Salah El Serafy argues for an increased focus on the economic aspects of environmental...