'The author presents the findings of a selected number of path-breaking studies regarding the economics of migration. . . this book contributes a series of valid findings on migrants and their pervasive role in the economies of receiving countries. This is achieved by the author's clear and innovative approach to various topics, grounded in solid theory and the detailed observation of a variety of factors contributing to the complex processes of migration . . . Overall, this book is an enlightening account on immigration and its economic effects, which all those joining the migration debate should acknowledge. On a technical level, some readers might be put off by the fact that certain arguments are repeated in different chapters - representing reproducions of original articles published elsewhere. This being so, selected chapters from each part of the volume might be a choice to consider for those more interested in the broader migration topics under discussion. Those with specialist interest in the details of migration, however, should find the sometimes marginal contributions of different chapters useful, as they are synthesised out of a vast literature, spanning three decades of specialised research.'
