The Age of Mass Migration: Causes and Economic Impact (review)

Abstract

1. What This Book Is About 2. The Issues 3. Why Did Europeans Emigrate? 4. Cycles, Swings, and Shocks: Waiting to Make the Move 5. After the Famine: Irish Experience 6. Segmented Markets, Multiple Destinations: Italian Experience 7. Assimilating the Immigrant: An American Melting Pot? 8. Absorbing the Immigrant: The Impact on Americans 9. Labor Market Impact at Home: Ireland and Sweden 10. Labor Market Impact Abroad and Convergence 11. Mass Migration and Inequality Trends Within Countries 12. Coda: The Evolution of a Global Labor Market