The ability to speak two languages often marvels monolinguals, although bilinguals report
no difficulties in achieving this feat. Here, we examine how learning and using two …

Over the past two decades, a growing body of research has focused on immigrant selectivity
and its effects on immigrant health, immigrant labor market outcomes, and children of …

The introduction offers an overview to migration studies, comparing and contrasting different
disciplinary approaches—what they have in common and where they differ. The chapter …

It is useful today to defi ne demography in terms of what demographers actually do.
Following this approach, we would say the fi eld consists of multi-and inter-disciplinary …

The attentive observer of globalization is at least intuitively aware of the centrality of the
issue of migration. Migration plays a major role in the complex (and unclear) process of …

Long established as the leading textbook on migration and used by students and scholars
alike all over the world, this fully revised and updated sixth edition continues to offer an …

During the age of mass migration (1850–1913), one of the largest migration episodes in
history, the United States maintained a nearly open border, allowing the study of migrant …

When engaging with other countries, the US government has a number of different policy
instruments at its disposal, including foreign aid, international trade, and the use of military …

Affecting millions across the globe every day, international migration encompasses a wide
range of concerns. It is not only a central dynamic in processes of globalization and …

In order to contextualise the papers in this special issue, this paper presents an overview
and framework for understanding the importance of East–West migration in Europe …