Search Results - "The International migration review"

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Pick-Your-Own Labor: Migrant Workers and Flexibility in Canadian Agriculture

by Kerry Preibisch Published in The International migration review (01.07.2010)

“...This paper explores the structures and practices of temporary migrant worker programs (TMWP) as they operate in Canadian agriculture. Acting within highly...”

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Migration and Development: A Theoretical Perspective

by Hein de Haas Published in The International migration review (01.04.2010)

“...The debate on migration and development has swung back and forth like a pendulum, from developmentalist optimism in the 1950s and 1960s, to neo-Marxist...”

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Migration Infrastructure

by Xiang, Biao Lindquist, Johan Published in The International migration review (Fall 2014)

“...Based on the authors’ long‐term field research on low‐skilled labor migration from China and Indonesia, this article establishes that more than ever labor...”

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The Globalization of Migration: Has the World Become More Migratory?

by Mathias Czaika Hein de Haas Published in The International migration review (01.07.2014)

“...Although it is commonly believed that the volume, diversity, geographical scope, and overall complexity of international migration have increased as part of...”

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Growing restrictiveness or changing selection? The nature and evolution of migration policies

by de Haas, H Natter, K Vezzoli, S Published in The International migration review (2018)

“...This paper demonstrates that, since 1945, migration policies have overall become less restrictive. Challenging common assumptions, this longterm trend is...”

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Labor market experiences of Canadian immigrants with focus on foreign education and experience

by Buzdugan, Raluca Halli, Shiva S Published in The International migration review (2009)

“...Recent Canadian immigrants have increasing education levels but decreasing earnings, partly due to the devaluation of foreign education and work experience...”

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Can We Measure Immigrants' Legal Status? Lessons from Two U.S. Surveys

by James D. Bachmeier Jennifer Van Hook Frank D. Bean Published in The International migration review (01.07.2014)

“...This research note examines response and allocation rates for legal status questions asked in publicly available U.S. surveys to address worries that the legal...”

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Diaspora Institutions and Diaspora Governance

by Gamlen, Alan Published in The International migration review (Fall 2014)

“...Why do governments form institutions devoted to emigrants and their descendants in the diaspora? Such institutions have become a regular feature of political...”

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Immigrant Religion in the U.S. and Western Europe: Bridge or Barrier to Inclusion?

by Nancy Foner Richard Alba Published in The International migration review (01.07.2008)

“...This article analyzes why immigrant religion is viewed as a problematic area in Western Europe in contrast to the United States, where it is seen as...”

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Understanding Immobility: Moving Beyond the Mobility Bias in Migration Studies

by Schewel, Kerilyn Published in The International migration review (01.06.2020)

“...This article suggests that there is a mobility bias in migration research: by focusing on the “drivers” of migration — the forces that lead to the initiation...”

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Conceptualizing Simultaneity: A Transnational Social Field Perspective on Society

by Peggy Levitt Nina Glick Schiller Published in The International migration review (01.10.2004)

“...This article explores the social theory and consequent methodology that underpins studies of transnational migration. First, we propose a social field approach...”

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Group Conflict Theory in a Longitudinal Perspective: Analyzing the Dynamic Side of Ethnic Competition

by Bram Lancee Sergi Pardos-Prado Published in The International migration review (01.04.2013)

“...One of the most established approaches to explain attitudes toward immigration is group conflict theory. However, even though the theory was articulated in...”

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Comparing immigration policies: an overview from the IMPALA database

by Beine, M Boucher, A Burgoon, B Crock, M Gest, J Hiscox, M McGovern, P Rapoport, H Schaper, J Thielemann, E Published in The International migration review (2016)

“...This paper introduces a method and preliminary findings from a database that systematically measures the character and stringency of immigration policies...”

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The Immigrant Advantage in Adolescent Educational Expectations

by Feliciano, Cynthia Lanuza, Yader R Published in The International migration review (01.09.2016)

“...Previous research has shown uniquely high expectations among children of immigrants. However, existing studies have not focused on why children of immigrants...”

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Reconsidering Migration and Class

by Van Hear, Nicholas Published in The International migration review (Fall 2014)

“...While once a mainstay of social science, class has lately been eclipsed in much of migration studies by consideration of other forms of social difference,...”

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The Effect of Visas on Migration Processes

by Czaika, M de Haas, H Published in The International migration review (2017)

“...The effectiveness of migration policies has been widely contested. However, because of methodological and conceptual limitations, evidence has remained...”

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Predicting Immigrant Employment Sequences in the First Years of Settlement

by Sylvia Fuller Todd F. Martin Published in The International migration review (01.04.2012)

“...Drawing on data from the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada, we analyze factors shaping new immigrants' month-bymonth employment trajectories over...”

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Immigrant Employment Success in Canada: Examining the Rate of Obtaining a Job Match

by Kristyn Frank Published in The International migration review (01.04.2013)

“...This study employs longitudinal data to examine the rate at which recent immigrants to Canada obtain employment matching their previous or intended...”

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Constructing Immigrants: Portrayals of Migrant Groups in British National Newspapers, 2010–2012

by Blinder, Scott Allen, William L Published in The International migration review (Spring 2016)

“...Public opposition to immigration in Britain reflects perceptions of immigrants that focus disproportionately on “illegal” immigration and asylum seekers,...”

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Scripting Remittances: Making Sense of Money Transfers in Transnational Relationships

by Carling, Jørgen Published in The International migration review (Fall 2014)

“...This article proposes a conceptual framework for studying remittances as social transactions that can take a number of different forms. For the past three...”

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