Global economic restructuring and international migration: Some observations based on the Mexican and Central American experience

International Migration

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 195-231

  Hamilton, Nora ^a   Chinchilla, Norma Stoltz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING REGION; ECONOMIC RESTRUCTURING; GLOBALISATION; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MEXICAN MIGRANTS; MIGRATION IMPACT; MIGRATION PROCESS;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DESTINATION; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ECONOMICS; IMMIGRANTS; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MEXICO; MIGRANTS; MIGRATION; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; ORIGIN; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AMERICAS; CENTRAL AMERICA; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DESTINATION; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; IMMIGRANTS; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LATIN AMERICA; MEXICO; MIGRANTS; MIGRATION; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; ORIGIN; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; UNITED STATES;

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

CENTRAL AMERICA; MEXICO;

EID: 0030482636     PISSN: 00207985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2435.1996.tb00523.x     Document Type: Article

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