Migradollars and development: A reconsideration of the Mexican case

International Migration Review

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 423-444

  Durand, Jorge ^a   Parrado, Emilio A ^b   Massey, Douglas S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; LABOUR MIGRATION; MIGRATION IMPACT; NATIONAL ECONOMY; REMITTANCES;

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS--DETERMINANTS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT--DETERMINANTS; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ECONOMICS; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LABOR MIGRATION; MACROECONOMIC FACTORS; MEXICO; MIGRATION; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AMERICAS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS--DETERMINANTS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT--DETERMINANTS; ECONOMIC FACTORS; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LABOR MIGRATION; LATIN AMERICA; MACROECONOMIC FACTORS; MEXICO; MIGRATION; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

AMERICAS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; LATIN AMERICA; MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

MEXICO;

EID: 0030463731     PISSN: 01979183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2547388     Document Type: Article

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