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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"mexican migration"”.
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A new view of Mexican migration to the United States
Thesis. 1980. Ph.D.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Economics.
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Beginnings of the Nuevo South: Mexican Migration in 1970s and 1980s Mississippi
<p>Mexicans and Mexican Americans have been present in Mississippi since the early twentieth century with a large increase in the 1970s. The majority of the scholarship surrounding Mexican migration focuses on the 1990s leaving a historiographical gap concerning this earlier period of significant …
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Across Imagined Boundaries: Understanding Mexican Migration to Georgia in a Transnational and Historical Context
The Mexican immigrant community in Georgia grew at a dramatic rate between 1970 and 2000 as individuals entered the area to participate in the states burgeoning economy. Social networks played an integral role in this process, transferring information about Georgia through family and friendship …
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De Guanajuato to Green Bay: A generational story of labor, place, and community, 1926-2010
… was one of the three top sending states of Mexican migrants, and it is the most prolific sending state in the twenty-first century. In 2020, an estimated 37,000 people will leave the state. “De Guanajuato to Green Bay: A Generational Story of Labor, Place and Community, 1926-2010,” traces …
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Migrant-Funded Development: The Influence of Mexican Hometown Associations on Development Indicators
… (HTA). The study relied on data from the Mexican Migration Project (MMP), using the historical Mexican sending state of Jalisco. The MMP, using an ethnosurvey method, gathers data on individual migrant experiences, including border-crossing methods, jobs held, and participation in migrant …
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Migration and development in Mexican communities
Migration from Mexico to the United States constitutes one of the world's largest labor flows and generates enormous capital flows in the opposite direction. Corresponding to each of these flows is a distinct view of the role migration plays in local economic development. The optimistic view …
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Harvest Histories: A Social History of Mexican Farm Labour in Canada since 1974
… departure for the study of circular farm labour migration between Mexico and Canada, the study revisits questions surrounding Canadian views of what constitutes the ideal or injurious migrant worker, to ask critical questions about how managed farm labour migration schemes evolved in Canadian …
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Crossing Myriad Borders: A Dimensional Analysis of the Migration and Health Experiences of Indigenous Oaxacan Women
The growing feminization of the migration of ethnic indigenous women, such as Mixtecs, Zapotecs and Triquis from the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, are altering the dynamics and configuration of traditional Mexican migration, making it especially significant for the health professions. Informed …
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Social Relationships and Immigrant Health: Structural and Temporal Perspectives
… The second chapter leverages data from the Mexican Migration Project to examine how gender inequalities in the sending context contribute to heterogeneity in immigrant health selection among Mexican immigrants. Analyses find that less empowered female immigrants – especially those without …
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The Ethics of Labor Migration: From Social Protection To Commodification
Growing scholarship critiques ideas of migration as a development tool, however it remains a key policy instrument for sending states who seek to foster development. These critiques point to the importance of how sending states perceive their roles in the lives of migrants abroad, suggesting that …