Many migrations are temporary—a fact that has often been ignored in the economic
literature on migration. Such omission may be serious in that expected migration …

For a long time, return migration had been one of the neglected topics of migration literature.
However, in recent years, many studies discussing return migration in various dimensions …

This book, in its second edition, introduces readers to the economics of immigration, which is
a booming field within economics. The main themes and objectives of the book are for …

This article develops and estimates a dynamic model where individuals differ in ability and
location preference to evaluate the mechanisms that affect the evolution of immigrants' …

This paper quantifies the effect of global migration on the welfare of non-migrant OECD
citizens. We develop an integrated, multi-country model that accounts for the interactions …

While integration policies typically focus on labour market entry, we present evidence
showing that immigrants from low‐income countries tend to have more precarious jobs, and …

Portability of social benefits across professions and countries is an increasing concern for
individuals and policy makers. Lacking or incomplete transfers of acquired social rights are …

New survey data from Bangladesh provide direct evidence that temporary migration is an
effective strategy for workers to accumulate capital and finance self-employment activities …

We examine how the impact of refugees on natives' labor market outcomes varies by the
development level of hosting areas, which has important implications for the optimal …

Access to social protection differs widely among international migrants. This article focuses
on the issue of earnings‐related contributions to social security programmes and their …