Ties and Opportunities: The Effects of Legislative, Personal, and Economic Conditions on the Development of Migrant Networks Among Professionals
Bagchi, Ann Working paper no. 1998-28
Bagchi, Ann Working paper no. 1998-28
Quillian, Lincoln Working paper no. 1998-29 Abstract This paper examines the patterns of residential mobility by whites and African Americans that contribute to continued high levels of black/white residential segregation in American cities. Using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics matched with data from the decennial censuses, patterns of migration are described and …
Fomby, Paula Working paper no. 1998-32
Fomby, Paula Working paper no. 1998-31 Abstract This paper is intended to enhance the literature on population and the environment by developing a model that takes into account age and gender composition of rural households in order to explain variation in the timing of migration and decisions about land use. In differently structured households, migration …
Spittel, Michael Working paper no. 1999-01 Abstract Very recently several writers in the study of international migration have recognized the role of social networks, or ‘migrant networks’, as an important force in explaining the perpetuity of international migration (Massey, 1987; Boyd, 1989; Massey et al., 1993, 1994; Portes, 1995). However this network effect has never …
Swallen, Karen Working paper no. 1999-04 Abstract Mortality differentials by nativity have not received as much attention as have mortality differentials by race. We examine the joint effects of race/ethnicity and nativity. Race- and nativity-specific life tables are created using US vital statistics for 1989-1991 for each gender; death rates are compared to the reference …
Kanaiaupuni, Shawn Malia Working paper no. 1999-15
Kanaiaupuni, Shawn Malia Working paper no. 1999-16 Abstract Unlike industrialized countries, where parents expect to spend some portion of mid- to later-life without children at home, traditional patterns of living arrangements in Mexico reflect high levels of family caregiving for the elderly and a high degree of continuity of parent-child coresidence over the lifecourse. Living …
Bagchi, Ann Working paper no. 1999-24
Kanaiaupuni, Shawn Malia Working paper no. 2000-13 Abstract Prior migration research has failed to take adequate account of the centrality of nonmigrant women to the creation and continuity of international labor migration processes. This study analyzes women’s activities in transnational families with life history data collected from Mexican women. The main argument is that the domestic …