The linkage between immigration and internal migration in large metropolitan areas in the United States

Economic Geography

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 234-254

  Wright, Richard A ^a   Ellis, Mark ^b   Reibel, Michael ^b  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Immigrant impacts; Immigration; Internal migration

Indexed keywords

IMMIGRATION IMPACT; INTERNAL MIGRATION; MARKET IMPACT; MODELLING APPROACH; NET MIGRATION; URBAN LABOUR MARKET;

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ECONOMICS; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MIGRATION; MIGRATION, INTERNAL; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AMERICAS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MIGRATION; MIGRATION, INTERNAL; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

AMERICAS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

USA;

EID: 0031463652     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.1997.tb00069.x     Document Type: Article

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