This is a survey of some of the key studies in the literature on international migration in history that may be … migrations. Here I focus on the period 1850 to 1940 and chiefly on migration from Europe to the New World. The survey is … organised around six themes that include: the forces driving migration, over time and across space; the assimilation of migrants …

. But the very nature of this choice makes identifying the impacts of migration difficult, since it is hard to measure a … credible counterfactual of what the person and their household would have been doing had migration not occurred. Migration … impacts of migration. We provide an overview and critical review of the three strands of this approach: policy experiments …

evidence on the subject, which reaches several conclusions. First, immigrants are overrepresented in occupations and industries … with higher injury and fatality rates. Second, immigrants have higher work-related injury and fatality rates in some … advanced economies, but not all. Finally, most, but not all, immigrants appear to earn risk premiums similar to natives for …

Despite its importance in global illegal migration, there is little, and mostly theoretical research on human smuggling … interactions in the smuggling market, and, hence, migration flows. We review the theoretical work, point to the scarce empirical … evidence, and identify challenges for future theoretical, empirical work and policy advice. -- illegal migration ; trafficking …

literature dealing with the evaluation of labor market programs and with the economic integration of immigrants. Next to … outcomes of immigrants: a) introduction programs, b) language training, c) labor market programs, and d) anti … identifies avenues for future research. -- migration ; program evaluation ; immigrant selection ; settlement policy …

This paper reviews the literature on educational mismatch of immigrants in the labour market of destination countries … analysis of the causes and effects of immigrants' educational mismatch in the destination country. Relevant empirical … approaches have been presented which show that immigrants are in general more over-educated than natives and that the reasons for …

.e. whether immigrants are more likely to move to countries with generous welfare systems. Although economic theory predicts that … welfare generosity affects the number, composition and location of immigrants, the empirical evidence is rather mixed. We … the presence of different migration regimes, as well as the possibility of reverse causality between welfare spending and …

Attracting skilled immigrants is emerging as an important policy goal for immigrant receiving countries. This article … the context of deteriorating labor market outcomes for immigrants across destination countries which fuels the debate on … reviews the evidence on labor market outcomes of immigrants by visa category that portrays the experiences of countries with …