What's driving Mexico-U.S. migration? A theoretical, empirical, and policy analysis

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 939-999

  Massey, Douglas S ^a   Espinosa, Kristin E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MEXICAN MIGRANTS; MIGRATION DETERMINANTS;

MEXICO; USA;

EID: 0031473825     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/231037     Document Type: Article

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