The Economics of Immigration

“Everyone, whether immigration proponent or skeptic, has a stake in better immigration policy. Better policy requires understanding the causes and effects of immigration, many of which are economic and powerful. This book stands alone—the first, and still the only, comprehensive textbook on immigration economics for the college student. It was already a treasure: a superb, balanced, and rigorous yet accessible distillation of decades of top scholarship. But it gets even more indispensable in this third edition, with its expanded treatment of issues in the headlines: rising forced migration, common crises on both sides of the Atlantic, and recent political upheaval. This is the book that serious undergraduate students of immigration economics need. No other comes close.” —Michael Clemens, Professor of Economics, George Mason University and Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics, US. “The Economics of Immigration covers the breadth and depth of the economic analysis of migration. For each topic, the book provides an intuitive summary of the theory, an overview of the state-of-the-art research as well as interesting case studies from all over the world. The book is an indispensable resource for students interested in the causes and consequences of migration.” —Benjamin Elsner, Professor of Economics, University College Dublin, Ireland. “Comprehensive, balanced and engaging, there is no better book to empower students with the knowledge and tools to tackle the economics of immigration.” —Pia Orrenius, Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, US. “Bansak, Simpson, and Zavodny have written an ideal textbook for undergraduate students interested in the Economics of Immigration. The text examines the economic costs and benefits of the migration experience from the perspective of immigrants, residents of origin countries, and people in the destination. The authors cover a range of immigration issues while providing important context for understanding how and why academics sometimes disagree about the economic causes and consequences of migration.” —Chad Sparber, W. Bradford Wiley Professor of Economics, Colgate University, US.