Immigrants and the Informal Economy in Southern Europe

Joaquin Arango, Martin Baldwin-Edwards

• Where free markets reign - aliens in the twilight zone, Martin Baldwin Edwards; a survey of the economics of illegal migration, Andreas Jahn, Thomas Straubhaar; illegality, enlightenment and ambiguity - a hot Italian recipe, Giovanna Zincone; the mass legalization of migrants in Italy - permanent or temporary emergence from the underground economy? Emilio Reyneri; immigrants in the Spanish labour market, Ubaldo Martinez Veiga; Italian and Spanish labour leaders' unconventional immigration policy preferences, Julie R. Watts; multicultural insertions in a small economy - Portugal's immigrant communities, David Corkill, Martin Eaton; immigration, clandestine work and labour market strategies - the case of the construction sector in the metropolitan region of Lisbon, Jorge Macaista Malheiros; Greece - the contours of a fragmented policy response, Martin Baldwin-Edwards, Rossetos Fakiolas; socio-spatial dynamics and exclusion of three immigrant groups in the Athens conurbation, Theodoros Iosofides, Russell King; trafficking for sexual exploitation and the sex business in international migration in the case of Italy, Giovanna Campani.

'An important contribution to the understanding and ongoing discussion of these very important and politically sensitive issues.' - Ethnic Conflict Research Digest