Migration and Human Capital

Edited by Jacques Poot, National Institute of Demographic and Economic Analysis, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand, Brigitte Waldorf, Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, US and Leo van Wissen, Professor of Economic Demography, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

• Contents:PrefacePART I: INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW1. Migration in a Globalised World: A New ParadigmJacques Poot, Brigitte Waldorf and Leo van WissenPART II: INTERNAL MIGRATION2. Inter-regional Migration Modelling: A ReviewJohn Stillwell3. In Search of a Modelling Strategy for Projecting Internal Migration in European CountriesLeo van Wissen, Nicole van der Gaag, Phil Rees and John Stilwell4. Internal Migration between US States: A Social Network AnalysisGunther Maier and Michael VybornyPART III: HUMAN CAPITAL5. Regional Concentration of Highly Educated CouplesSigne Jauhiainen6. The Emergence of a Knowledge Agglomeration: A Spatial-Temporal Analysis of Intellectual Capital in IndianaBrigitte Waldorf7. Knowledge Spillovers: Mobility of Highly Educated Workers within the High Technology Sector in FinlandKirsi Mukkala8. Rural–Urban Income Disparities Among the Highly EducatedAudrey Muhlenkamp and Brigitte WaldorfPART IV: INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION9. The Impact of Immigration on the Employment of Natives in Regional Labour Markets: A Meta-AnalysisSimonetta Longhi, Peter Nijkamp and Jacques Poot10. Ethnic Network Externalities and Labour Market IntegrationThomas de Graaff, Cees Gorter, Henri L.F. de Groot and Peter Nijkamp11. International Economic Integration and Migration: The Case of RomaniaDaniela L. Constantin, Valentina Vasile, Diana Preda and Luminita Nicolescu12. Migration Policies, Illegal Immigration and the Underground EconomyJesús Clemente, Gemma Larramona and Fernando Pueyo13. Brain Drains, Brain Gains and Migration Policies Natasha T. DuncanIndex

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