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The Migration Program Area focuses on the many dimensions of the growing international and internal migration. It is concerned with the determinants of the supply and demand for migration, including immigration law and the legal status of migrants. It is also interested in the many aspects of the adjustment of the migrants and their descendants in the destination, including public policies regarding absorption and assimilation. Moreover, the program area is concerned with the impact of the migration on both the origin and the destination. The implications of the analyses for immigration policy, absorption and assimilation policy, and other public policies will also be developed.

For general information about this program area, please contact: migration@iza.org

Core Members of this Program Area:
Prof. Barry R. Chiswick, Ph.D., Research Fellow and Program Director
Prof. Amelie F. Constant, Ph.D., Visiting Research Fellow
Corrado Giulietti, Ph.D., Research Associate
Martin Guzi, Resident Research Affiliate
Prof. David A. Jaeger, Ph.D., Visiting Research Fellow
Martin Kahanec, Ph.D., Senior Research Associate
Dr. Anna Myunghee Kim, Research Associate
Annabelle Krause, Resident Research Affiliate
Prof. Peter J. Kuhn, Ph.D., Visiting Research Fellow
Zahra Siddique, Ph.D., Research Associate
Anzelika Zaiceva, Ph.D., Visiting Research Fellow
Prof. Dr. Klaus F. Zimmermann, Director

Affiliated Members of this Program Area include:
Alpaslan Akay, Ph.D., Research Associate
Prof. David G. Blanchflower, Ph.D., Program Director and Visiting Research Fellow
Dr. Ulf Rinne, Research Associate and Personal Advisor to the Director
Prof. Dr. Jo Ritzen, Senior Advisor Policy
Konstantinos Tatsiramos, Ph.D., Senior Research Associate

Please click here to see the full list of IZA Research Fellows affiliated with this Program Area.

    Barry R. Chiswick,
Program Director, George Washington University

Email: brchis@gwu.edu
 
Amelie F. Constant,
Deputy Program Director, DIW DC, George Washington University and IZA

Email: constant@iza.org
 
Martin Kahanec,
Deputy Program Director, Central European University and IZA

Email: kahanec@iza.org
 
Corrado Giulietti,
Deputy Program Director, IZA

Tel.: +49-228-38 94 401
Email: giulietti@iza.org

 
Highlights
Events
Projects
Recent Discussion Papers
Selected Publications
Useful Links
 

Highlights

News

Press coverage of IZA commentary of Germany's labor market opening to Eastern European workers (May 1, 2011)

Other news items:
- L. Alan Winters in Euroasylum's Monthly Policy Interviews on Migration Policy [view text]
- Amelie Constant in AICGS Advisor: "Women and Entrepreneurship in Germany" [view text]
- George Borjas testifies before U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions [view text]
- Barry R. Chiswick in New York Times: "The Worker Next Door" [view text]
- Barry R. Chiswick, Richard B. Freeman and Harry J. Holzer testify before U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee [view text]
- Amelie Constant in AICGS Advisor: "Immigration at a Critical Juncture" [view text]
- Klaus F. Zimmermann in IZA Compact (April 2006): "Immigration Policy at a Crossroads?" (p. 16) [view text]
- Klaus F. Zimmermann in IZA Compact (April 2011): "New Freedom of Movement for Eastern Europe" (p. 16) [view text]

IZA Director calls for fundamental changes in German immigration policy

In view of the skilled labor shortage in Germany, IZA Director Klaus F. Zimmermann has urged policymakers to ease the current restrictions on labor immigration. An export nation like Germany "cannot survive in the globalized world" without opening its labor market to qualified foreign workers, said Zimmermann in an interview with the news agency "ddp". At the same time he proposed the establishment of a "Federal Ministry for Immigration and Integration" to ensure a consistent policy with regard to all economic, social and educational aspects surrounding this issue.
For more information (in German) see:
- full text of the ddp interview (July 25, 2010)
- op-ed by Klaus F. Zimmermann in Süddeutsche Zeitung (July 27, 2010)
- IZA Standpunkt No. 28 ("Mehr ökonomische Rationalität in der Zuwanderungspolitik")

Migration Topic Week

The "Migration Topic Week" established in 2006 is a gathering of migration scholars at IZA and over time it became the regular annual event. The 3rd IZA Migration Topic Week will take place in Washington, DC, USA from May 11 to May 15, 2011.

The idea is to create a forum of discussions on migration, to provide the opportunities to have useful interactions and engage in long discussions with both young scholars and senior researchers in migration, to have highly stimulating and provocative meetings, to brainstorm, and to converge to possible fruitful collaborations.

This forum is not confined to the constrained format of a conference or a workshop. We especially invite researchers who want to work together on migration projects during this week. We expect to have longer lectures from the participants and end the week with our Annual Migration Meeting (AM²). All participants are expected to interface and have an active role during the week and at the AM².

The Julian Simon Lecture

The Annual Migration Meeting (AM2) established the Julian Simon Keynote Lecture in honor of Julian Simon, in recognition of his research on the economic effects of population change.

2004 Lecture: Don J. DeVoretz, "Immigration Policy: Methods and Assessment" [download PDF]
2005 Lecture: Klaus F. Zimmermann, "Fortress Europe: The Price of Being Closed"
2006 Lecture: Timothy J. Hatton, "Should We Have a WTO for International Migration?" [download PDF]
2007 Lecture: Barry R. Chiswick, "The Economics of Language" [download PDF]
2008 Lecture: Sara de la Rica, "Immigration in Spain: Facts, Economic Outcomes and Lessons" [download PDF]
2009 Lecture: Jeffrey G. Williamson, "Vanishing Third World Emigrants?" [download PDF]
2010 Lecture: Eskil Wadensjö, "Experiences of the Common Nordic Labour Market" [download PDF]
2011 Lecture: Douglas S. Massey ,"The Political Economy of Illegal Migration"

The Board of Transatlantic Advisers

The Board of Transatlantic Advisers comprises some of the most influential academicians and policy intellectuals with profound expertise on current labor and migration challenges from both sides of the Atlantic. The main role of the Board is to inform IZA's research agenda by firmly connecting it to the critical scientific and policy issues in the areas of migration, immigrant integration, and the associated transatlantic challenges. The IZA's Migration Program Area frequently consults its research projects with David G. Blanchflower (UK), Barry R. Chiswick (US), Jose Manuel Fresno-Garcia (Spain), Guillermina Jasso (US), Douglas S. Massey (US) and Rita Süssmuth (Germany).
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Events
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Projects

EU Enlargement and the Labor Markets



Funded by: IZA
Project Start: 2006/11/01
Project End: 2011/12/31
Project leader(s): Martin Kahanec (Central European University and IZA),  Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)
Participants: Anzelika Zaiceva (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and IZA),  Holger Hinte (IZA)
Short Description: This Migration Program research sub-area combines IZA's internal scientific potential with the expertise of external researchers to address two primary scientific objectives. First, we assess the effects of the 2004 and 2007 EU enlargements on the labor markets of the fifteen original member states as well as the ten new members from Central and Eastern Europe. The second objective is to evaluate the different immigration policies adopted by the original member states towards immigrants from the new member states. To foster collaboration with external experts on achieving these objectives, the IZA Expert Network on EU Enlargement and the Labor Markets has been established. The network is coordinated by Martin Kahanec and currently involves nine members (Alan Barrett, Ireland; Denis Fougere, France; Marek Gora, Poland; Joop Hartog, The Netherlands; Timothy J. Hatton, The UK; Mihails Hazans, Latvia; Peder J. Pedersen, Denmark; Sara de la Rica, Spain; and Eskil Wadensjö, Sweden).
Last updated: 2009/07/27
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Recent Discussion Papers
No. Author(s) Title Date PDF Link to Abstract
5777 Christian Dustmann, Albrecht Glitz, Uta Schönberg Referral-based Job Search Networks June 2011 Abstract
5775 Agnieszka Kanas, Barry R. Chiswick, Tanja van der Lippe, Frank van Tubergen Social Contacts and the Economic Performance of Immigrants: A Panel Study of Immigrants in Germany
(forthcoming in: International)		 June 2011 Abstract
5765 Jesús Fernández-Huertas Moraga, Hillel Rapoport Tradable Immigration Quotas June 2011 Abstract
5754 Carl Lin Give Me Your Wired and Your Highly Skilled: Measuring the Impact of Immigration Policy on Employers and Shareholders May 2011 Abstract
5750 Kate H. Choi, Marta Tienda, Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Mathias Sinning Immigration and Status Exchange in Australia and the United States May 2011 Abstract
5732 Nick Drydakis Roma Women in Athenian Firms: Do They Face Wage Bias? May 2011 Abstract
5730 John Gibson, David McKenzie Eight Questions about Brain Drain
(forthcoming in: Journal of Economic Perspectives)		 May 2011 Abstract
5729 Kenneth Troske, Alexandru Voicu A Panel Data Analysis of Racial/Ethnic Differences in Married Women's Labor Supply May 2011 Abstract
5724 Mariya Aleksynska, Barry R. Chiswick Religiosity and Migration: Travel into One's Self versus Travel across Cultures May 2011 Abstract
5722 Govert Bijwaard, Christian Schluter, Jackline Wahba The Impact of Labour Market Dynamics on the Return-Migration of Immigrants May 2011 Abstract
5715 Robert Holzmann, Johannes Koettl Portability of Pension, Health, and Other Social Benefits: Facts, Concepts, Issues May 2011 Abstract
5707 Thomas Bauer, Regina Flake, Mathias Sinning Labor Market Effects of Immigration: Evidence from Neighborhood Data May 2011 Abstract
5686 David C. Maré, Richard Fabling, Steven Stillman Immigration and Innovation April 2011 Abstract
5685 Katrine V. Loken, Kjell Erik Lommerud, Shelly Lundberg Your Place or Mine? On the Residence Choice of Young Couples in Norway April 2011 Abstract
5682 Sarah Bohn, Magnus Lofstrom, Steven Raphael Did the 2007 Legal Arizona Workers Act Reduce the State's Unauthorized Immigrant Population? April 2011 Abstract
5676 Ceren Ozgen, Peter Nijkamp, Jacques Poot Immigration and Innovation in European Regions April 2011 Abstract
5668 Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere, Maharouf Oyolola The Role of Race and Birth Place in Welfare Usage among Comparable Women: Evidence from the U.S. April 2011 Abstract
5658 Gil S. Epstein, Alessandra Venturini The Impact of Worker Effort on Public Sentiment Towards Temporary Migrants April 2011 Abstract
5657 Ainhoa Aparicio Fenoll Network Effects on Migrants' Remittances April 2011 Abstract
5650 Amelie F. Constant, Bienvenue Tien, Klaus F. Zimmermann, Jingzhou Meng China's Latent Human Capital Investment: Achieving Milestones and Competing for the Top April 2011 Abstract
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Selected Publications

Books:
Thomas Bauer, Klaus F. Zimmermann The Economics of Migration, Edward Elgar Publishing: Cheltenham: 2002.
Klaus F. Zimmermann, Amelie Constant How Labor Migrants Fare, Springer-Verlag: Berlin, et al. 2004, 424 pages.
Torben Tranæs, Klaus F. Zimmermann Migrants, Work, and the Welfare State, University Press of Southern Denmark: Odense 2004, 436 pages.
Barry R. Chiswick The Economics of Immigration, Edward Elgar Publishing: Cheltenham, UK 2005, 424 pages.
Klaus F. Zimmermann, Holger Hinte Zuwanderung und Arbeitsmarkt. Deutschland und Dänemark im Vergleich (Immigration and the Labor Market. Germany and Denmark in Comparison), Springer-Verlag: Berlin et al. 2005, 322 pages.
Klaus F. Zimmermann European Migration: What Do We Know?, Oxford University Press: Oxford/New York 2005, 653 pages.
Solomon Polachek, Carmel U. Chiswick, Hillel Rapoport The Economics of Immigration and Social Diversity, Vol. 24 (Research in Labor Economics), JAI Press: Greenwich, CT 2006, 488 pages.
Klaus F. Zimmermann, Thomas Bauer, Holger Bonin, René Fahr, Holger Hinte Migrant Labor Demand in the Face of High Unemployment. An Economic Integration Concept for Germany, Springer-Verlag: Berlin et al. 2007.
Barry R. Chiswick, Paul W. Miller The Economics of Language, Routledge: 2007, 598 pages.
Holger Hinte, Klaus F. Zimmermann, Ernst Fehr, Holger Bonin Immigration Policy and the Labor Market: The German Experience and Lessons for Europe , Springer: Berlin et al. 2007.
Carmel U. Chiswick Economics of American Judaism, Routledge: 2008, 208 pages.
Robert W. Fairlie, Alicia M. Robb Race and Entrepreneurial Success: Black-, Asian- and White-Owned Businesses in the United States, The MIT Press: 2008, 256 pages.
Don J. DeVoretz Economics of Citizenship in the Old and New World , Malmo: IMER: 2008.
Pieter Bevelander, Don J. DeVoretz The Economics of Citizenship, MIM: Malmo University: 2008, 176 pages.
Martin Kahanec, Klaus F. Zimmermann EU Labor Markets after Post-Enlargement Migration , Springer Verlag: Berlin 2009, 320 pages.
Martin Kahanec, Klaus F. Zimmermann Ethnic Diversity in the European Labor Markets: Challenges and Solutions (Forthcoming 2011), Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. Cheltenham: 2011.
 

Journal Articles:
Amelie Constant, Klaus F. Zimmermann "Immigrant Performance and Selective Immigration Policy: A European Perspective", in: National Institute Economic Review, 2005, 194/4, 4-15.
Klaus F. Zimmermann "European Labour Mobility: Challenges and Potentials", in: De Economist, 2005, 153 (4), 1-26.
Barry R. Chiswick, Yew Liang Lee, Paul W. Miller "Immigrant Earnings: A Longitudinal Analysis", in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2005, 51 (4), 485-503.
Amelie Constant, Klaus F. Zimmermann "The Making of Entrepreneurs in Germany: Are Native Men and Immigrants Alike?", in: Small Business Economics, 2006, 26/3, 279-300.
Don J. DeVoretz, Sergiy Pivnenko "The Economic Causes and Consequences of Canadian Citizenship", in: Journal of Immigration and Integration, 2006, 6 (3/4), 435-468.
Amelie Constant "Female Proclivity to the World of Business", in: Kyklos, 2006, 59 (4), 465-480.
Amelie Constant, Yochanan Shachmurove "Entrepreneurial ventures and wage differentials between Germans and immigrants", in: International Journal of Manpower, 2006, 27(3), 208-229.
Amelie Constant, Yochanan Shachmurove, Klaus F. Zimmermann "What Makes an Entrepreneur and Does It Pay? Native Men, Turks, and Other Migrants in Germany", in: International Migration, 2007 (forthcoming).
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Useful Links
IZA - Additional Web Resources on the Topics of Migration
IZA - Database for Migration Literature
Migration Data Bases
Volkswagen Foundation Initiative on Migration and Integration
 
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