European migration : what do we know? / edited by Klaus F. Zimmermann.

"Preliminary versions of many of these papers were presented at the CEPR conference 'European migration: what do we know?' held in Munich on November 14-15th 1997"--Acknowledgements.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : what we know about European migration / Klaus F. Zimmermann -- From boom to bust : the economic integration of immigrants in postwar Sweden / Tommy Bengtsson, Christer Lundh, Kirk Scott -- Migration in a Scandinavian welfare state : the recent Danish experience / Peder J. Pederson -- Irish migration : characteristics, causes, and consequences / Alan Barrett -- Migration, migrants, and policy in the United Kingdom / Timothy J. Hatton, Stephen Wheatley Price -- The Netherlands : old emigrants -- young immigrant country / Yan C. van Ours, Justus Veenman -- German migration : development, assimilation, and labour market effects / Thomas Bauer ... [and others] -- Immigrant adjustment in France and impacts on the natives / Amelie Constant -- Italian migration / Daniela Del Boca, Alessandra Venturini -- Greek migration : the two faces of Janus / Nicholas P. Glystos, Louka T. Katseli -- Migrations in Spain : historical background and current trends / Olympia Bover, Pilar Velilla -- International migration from and to Portugal : what do we know and where are we going? / Maria I. B. Baganha, Pedro Góis, Pedro T. Pereira -- Aliyah to Israel : immigration under conditions of adversity / Shoshana Neuman -- The new immigrants : immigration and the USA / Barry R. Chiswick, Teresa A. Sullivan -- Canadian immigration experience : any lessons for Europe? / Don J. DeVoretz, Samuel A. Laryea -- Europeans in the Antipodes : New Zealand's mixed migration experience / Rainer Winkelmann.