Theories of International Migration: A Review and Appraisal
1993/09/01 by Douglas S. Massey, Joaquín Arango, Joaquin Arango +5 · 5,484 citations
Social Sciences · #Diaspora, migration, transnational identity #Economics #Migration and Labor Dynamics #Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy #Political science #Positive economics #Regional science #Sociology
paper · doi:10.2307/2938462
published in Population and Development Review 19(3), 431 (Wiley)
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Abstract
Douglas S. Massey, Joaquin Arango, Graeme Hugo, Ali Kouaouci, Adela Pellegrino, J. Edward Taylor, Theories of International Migration: A Review and Appraisal, Population and Development Review, Vol. 19, No. 3 (Sep., 1993), pp. 431-466
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