Tag: migration

Optimal Organization of Census Migration Files: A Case Study

Ramom, Torreciha and William Gates Working paper no. 1987-44

Migration among Low-Income Households: Helping the Witch Doctors Reach Consensus

Walker, James Working paper no. 1994-01

Metropolitan Development and Internal Migration in the United States, 1965-1980: A Developmental Perspective

Elliott, James Working paper no. 1994-08

Social Background, Migration History, and English Language Ability: Educational Attainment among White and Mexican Origin Children in the American Southwest, 1990

Warren, John Working paper no. 1994-11

The Impact of Migration on the Nonmetropolitan Population Age Structure, 1960-1990

Fuguitt, Glenn, and Timothy Heaton Working paper no. 1994-14

Recent Trends in Nonmetropolitan Migration: Toward a New Turnaround?

Fuguitt, Glenn, and Calvin Beale Working paper no. 1995-07 Abstract Over the past 30 years there have been three unanticipated shifts in metropolitan-nonmetropolitan population change and migration: the nonmetropolitan turnaround of the 1970s, with a migration balance favoring nonmetropolitan areas; the downturn of the early 1980s when nonmetropolitan areas lost net migrants as they did …

Cycles Within the System: Metropolitanization and Internal Migration in the U.S., 1965-1990

Elliott, James Working paper no. 1995-21 Abstract This paper uses a typology of local metropolitan development to examine population redistribution trends in the U.S. over the past three decades. Theories of systemic maturation and urban life-cycles are discussed. Subsequent analysis of population and inter-county migration data reveals that Deconcentration has become an increasingly common subprocess …

Immigration and Labor Market Outcomes for Native Workers

Wilson, Franklin, and Gerald Jaynes Working paper no. 1995-32 Abstract This paper assesses the association of migration (both international and internal) with the employment status and earnings of native whites, blacks, Hispanics and Asians in the United States during the 1980-1990 decade. Results indicate that neither net internal migration nor immigration of minorities to fifty-two …

Migradollars and Mortality: The Effects of Migration on Infant Survival in Mexico

Kanaiaupuni, Shawn Malia, and Katharine M. Donato Working paper no. 1998-10 Abstract Few studies have examined how migration affects the health of populations in origin communities. We apply multilevel methods to data from Mexico to examine how community and household migration patterns affect infant survival outcomes. We view migration as a cumulative process with varying …

The Sexual Networks of Migrant Serere Women and the Spread of HIV in Senegal

Velyvis, Kristen Working paper no. 1998-26 Abstract This study looks at the sexual networks of migrant women from the Serere ethnic group in Senegal, West Africa. These women were identified as likely to be at risk of high rates of sexual networking (having relations with multiple sex partners), a high risk practice for HIV infection, …