an icon showing a delivery van Shulph delivers to United Kingdom.
Book cover for The Economics of Immigration and Social Diversity, a book by Solomon W. Polachek, Carmel Chiswick, Hillel Rapoport Book cover for The Economics of Immigration and Social Diversity, a book by Solomon W. Polachek, Carmel Chiswick, Hillel Rapoport

The Economics of Immigration and Social Diversity

2006 ᛫


Part of "The Research in Labor Economics" series, this volume is a collection of papers dedicated to the memory of the late Tikva Lecker. Professor Lecker's many interests included topics in labor economics, women and the economy, the economics of Judaism, the economics of migration and the economic experience of immigrants and their descendants.

Powered by RoundRead®
This book leverages Shulph’s RoundRead system - buy the book once and read it on both physical book and on up to 5 of your personal devices. With RoundRead, you’re 4 times more likely to read this book cover-to-cover and up to 3 times faster.
Buy Book + eBook £138.74
Add to Read List


Instant access to ebook. Print book delivers in 5 - 10 working days.

Summary


This volume is a collection of papers dedicated to the memory of the late Tikva Lecker. Professor Lecker's many interests included topics in labor economics, women and the economy, the economics of Judaism, the economics of migration and every aspect of the economic experience of immigrants and their descendants. Each chapter in this volume honors the memory of Professor Lecker by presenting research on a topic in which she was especially interested. "The Research in Labor Economics" series was started in 1977. Each volume consists of a collection of refereed research papers written by top economists. Recent volumes have hosted papers from D. Acemoglu, J.D. Angrist, D. Card, H. Farber, A. Kreuger, E. Lazear, G. Field, and J. Mincer, among others.

Table of contents

  • Part I: Immigration and the Economy 1. Is immigration good or bad for the economy? Analysis of attitudinal responses. 2. The Effects of incomplete employee wage information: A cross-country analysis. 3. The impact of immigrant dynasties on wage inequality. 4. Does immigration affect labor demand? Model and test. 5. Lenient Policy proposal for the struggle against illegal immigration. Part II: Group difference and economic achievement 6. The linguistic and economic adjustment of Soviet Jewish immigrants in the United States, 1980-2000. 7. Multi-generation model of immigrant earnings; Theory and application. 8. Ethnic origin and multidimensional relative poverty in Israel: A study based on the 1995 Israeli Census. 9. Immigrants in the Israeli Hi-tech industry; Comparison to natives and the effect of training. 10. What do wage differentials tell us about labor market discrimination? Part III: Social diversity and institutions. 11. Cultural diversity, status concerns and the organization of work. 12. Ethnic diversity, market structure and risk sharing in developing countries. 13. On the law of return in rural-urban interactions: An economic approach to solidarity with return migrants. 14. An economic perspective on religious education: Complements and sustitutes in human capital portfolio.'