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Thinking About International Migration

Thinking About International Migration. Douglas S. Massey Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs Princeton University.

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Thinking About International Migration

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  1. Thinking About International Migration Douglas S. Massey Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs Princeton University

  2. Migrationand Natural IncreaseZlotnik, Hania. 2004. “Population Growth and International Migration.” Pp. 13-34 in Douglas S. Massey and J. Edward Taylor, eds., International Migration: Prospects and Policies. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

  3. Migrationand Economic DevelopmentMassey, Douglas S. 1988. International Migration and Economic Development in Comparative Perspective.” Population and Development Review 14:383-414.

  4. Within Mexico: US Migration Associated With More Development Not Less Development in Communities

  5. Relative Effect of Binational Wage Gap on Rate of Migration to the United StatesMassey, Douglas S., and Kristen E. Espinosa. 1997. “What’s Driving Mexican Migration to the United States?” American Journal of Sociology 203:939-999.

  6. Permanence of Mexican Immigration • Historically Migration Has Been Circular • 1965-1985 • 85% of Undocumented Entries Were Offset By Departures • Over Same Period • Annual Probability of Return Was 33% • Around 70% Back Home within 5 Years • Massey, Douglas S., and Audrey Singer. 1995. “New Estimates of Undocumented Migration and the Probability of Apprehension.” Demography 32:203-13.

  7. Effect of Costs of Entry on Undocumented Migration • Massey, Douglas S., Jorge Durand, and Nolan J. Malone. 2002. Beyond Smoke and Mirrors: Mexican Immigration in an Age of Economic Integration. New York: Russell Sage.

  8. Consequences of Misunderstanding • Sharp Decline in Return Migration • Nationalization of Immigration • Decline in Wages for Legal Migrants • Waste of Money • Waste of Lives

  9. Thinking About International Migration Douglas S. Massey Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs Princeton University

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