This chapter summarizes the main trends, policies and empirical evidence regarding immigration in Europe. We start by … providing descriptive evidence on long-term immigration trends and current characteristics of the immigrant populations in … the second part of the chapter, we provide a survey of the large and growing literature on the recent European immigration …

This chapter summarizes the main trends, policies, and empirical evidence regarding immigration in Europe. We start by … providing descriptive evidence on long-term immigration trends and current characteristics of the immigrant populations in … the second part of the chapter, we provide a survey of the large and growing literature on the recent European immigration …

-skilled labor, leading many European economists to argue for an immigration policy directed at actively recruiting highly qualified … workers from abroad. It has further been argued that an immigration policy that is tailored to attract young and economically …, the paper discusses expectations on future migration flows and the policy options of immigration countries for dealing …

that no candidate will make immigration part of his or her vision for achieving higher rates of long-run economic growth … that after getting through these bullet points candidates will seek to change the subject. Immigration is a divisive issue … that most national politicians prefer to avoid. President Obama checked his immigration box by making a halfhearted call …

Canada’s immigration policy aims to promote economic development by selecting immigrants with high levels of human …-class immigrants, who are selected for their skills, are by far the largest group. The immigration system has been highly successful … language skills and a decline in returns to pre-immigration labour market experience. Canada has responded by modifying its …

This paper examines the causality relationship between immigration, unemployment and economic growth of the host … 1980-2005 period for 22 OECD countries, we find that, only in Portugal, unemployment negatively causes immigration, while … in any country, immigration does not cause unemployment. On the other hand, our results show that, in four countries …