Economic opportunity in Mexico and return migration from the United States

Demography

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 357-374

  Lindstrom, David P ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEXICO; MIGRATION; MOTIVATION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COMMERCE; ECONOMICS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; MODELS, ECONOMIC; MOTIVATION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030202887     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2061767     Document Type: Article

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