Theories of International Migration: A Review and Appraisal

1993/09/01 by Douglas S. Massey, Joaquín Arango, Joaquin Arango +5 · 21 citations
Social Sciences · #Diaspora, migration, transnational identity #Migration and Labor Dynamics #Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy

paper · doi:10.2307/2938462

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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

Citations

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