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imiscoe “Migrants and Markets is an excellent example of fruitful cooperation among economists, sociologists and political scientists. From the impact Chinese student migration has on the UK and France to varying methodologies for remittance research, the array of topics is testament to how different fields can mutually enrich each other.” Thomas Straubhaar, Director of the Hamburg Institute of International Economics and Professor of Economics at the University of Hamburg “A stimulating collection of interdisciplinary essays that examines the economic impacts of migration on host societies. A real gem thanks to its critical stance on the methodological superiority complex that economics has had for too long.” Migrants and Markets Holger Kolb is a Research Associate at the Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies (IMIS) at the University of Osnabrück. Henrik Egbert is a Research Officer and Lecturer in the Department of Behavioral and Institutional Economics at the Justus Liebig University of Giessen. kolb & egbert (eds.) Economics as an established academic discipline in its own right and migration as an ever-growing field of focus within the social sciences have long snubbed each other. While migration research tends to over-emphasise normative concerns, economics so often limits its scope to a traditional if not wizening sphere of analysis. This volume contains eleven case studies that synergise the expertise of researchers in both fields by transgressing disciplinary boundaries. The studies offer new perspectives by applying economic methods to migratory phenomena, by using concepts such as trade and club theory to analyse migratory patterns and by viewing market development as integral to the shaping of migrant stocks and flows. research Migrants and Markets Perspectives from Economics and the Other Social Sciences holger kolb & henrik egbert (eds.) Jeanne Batalova, Policy Analyst, Migration Policy Institute, Washington, D.C. 978 90 5356 684 8 · . . Amsterdam University Press Migrants and Markets IMISCOE is a Network of Excellence uniting over 500 researchers from various institutes that specialise in migration studies across Europe. Networks of Excellence are cooperative research ventures that were created by the European Commission to help overcome the fragmentation of international studies. They amass a crucial source of knowledge and expertise to help inform European leadership today. Since its foundation in 2004, IMISCOE has advanced an integrated, multidisciplinary and globally comparative research programme to address the themes specified in its name, short for: International Migration, Integration and Social Cohesion in Europe. IMISCOE members come from all branches of the economic and social sciences, the humanities and law. The Network draws from existing studies and advances innovative lines of inquiry key to European policymaking and governance. Priority is placed on developing a theoretical design to promote new research and offer practical alternatives for sound policy. The IMISCOE-Amsterdam University Press Series was created to make the Network’s findings and results available to researchers, policymakers, the media and the public at large. High-quality manuscripts authored by IMISCOE members and cooperating partners are published in one of four distinct series. Research Reports Dissertations Textbooks The RESEARCH series presents empirical and theoretical scholarship addressing issues of international migration, integration and social cohesion in Europe. Authored by experts in the field, the works provide a rich reference source for researchers and other concerned parties. The REPORTS series responds to needs for knowledge within IMISCOE’s mandated fields of mig