• List of figures and tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I. The Evolution of Migration in Southern European Countries: 1. The evolution of migration; 2. Approaches to the analysis of migratory phenomena; Part II. The Choice to Migrate: 3. An overview of the economic models; 4. Comments on an empirical version of the economic model; 5. The gravitational approach to migration; 6. The sociological approach to the migratory chain; 7. The evolution of migratory flows; 8. Empirical tests; 9. Final conclusions and implications for the flows of immigrants today; Part III. The Effects of Immigration on the Receiving Country: 10. An overview of models by main themes; 11. Complementarity and substitution: empirical evidence; 12. Conclusions; Part IV. The Effects of Emigration on the Country of Origin: 13. Emigration and growth; 14. Population and the labour market; 15. Emigrants' remittances; Part V. The Effectiveness of Migration Policies: 16. Immigration policy in its strictest sense; 17. Citizenship and naturalization; 18. Integration policies: linguistic proficiency: 19. Conclusions; References; Index.

"...the complete treatment of the existing body of work on issues such as emigrants' remittances, competition and complementarity in labor markets, or the difficult reproduction of the labor population in Western Europe makes it a very up-to-date reference book on the economic aspects of actual migration waves in general." - Leen Beyers, Catholic University of Leuven

• List of figures and tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I. The Evolution of Migration in Southern European Countries: 1. The evolution of migration; 2. Approaches to the analysis of migratory phenomena; Part II. The Choice to Migrate: 3. An overview of the economic models; 4. Comments on an empirical version of the economic model; 5. The gravitational approach to migration; 6. The sociological approach to the migratory chain; 7. The evolution of migratory flows; 8. Empirical tests; 9. Final conclusions and implications for the flows of immigrants today; Part III. The Effects of Immigration on the Receiving Country: 10. An overview of models by main themes; 11. Complementarity and substitution: empirical evidence; 12. Conclusions; Part IV. The Effects of Emigration on the Country of Origin: 13. Emigration and growth; 14. Population and the labour market; 15. Emigrants' remittances; Part V. The Effectiveness of Migration Policies: 16. Immigration policy in its strictest sense; 17. Citizenship and naturalization; 18. Integration policies: linguistic proficiency: 19. Conclusions; References; Index.

"...the complete treatment of the existing body of work on issues such as emigrants' remittances, competition and complementarity in labor markets, or the difficult reproduction of the labor population in Western Europe makes it a very up-to-date reference book on the economic aspects of actual migration waves in general." - Leen Beyers, Catholic University of Leuven

• List of figures and tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I. The Evolution of Migration in Southern European Countries: 1. The evolution of migration; 2. Approaches to the analysis of migratory phenomena; Part II. The Choice to Migrate: 3. An overview of the economic models; 4. Comments on an empirical version of the economic model; 5. The gravitational approach to migration; 6. The sociological approach to the migratory chain; 7. The evolution of migratory flows; 8. Empirical tests; 9. Final conclusions and implications for the flows of immigrants today; Part III. The Effects of Immigration on the Receiving Country: 10. An overview of models by main themes; 11. Complementarity and substitution: empirical evidence; 12. Conclusions; Part IV. The Effects of Emigration on the Country of Origin: 13. Emigration and growth; 14. Population and the labour market; 15. Emigrants' remittances; Part V. The Effectiveness of Migration Policies: 16. Immigration policy in its strictest sense; 17. Citizenship and naturalization; 18. Integration policies: linguistic proficiency: 19. Conclusions; References; Index.

"...the complete treatment of the existing body of work on issues such as emigrants' remittances, competition and complementarity in labor markets, or the difficult reproduction of the labor population in Western Europe makes it a very up-to-date reference book on the economic aspects of actual migration waves in general." - Leen Beyers, Catholic University of Leuven