Weak ties, strong ties: Network principles in Mexican migration

Human Organization

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 394-403

  Wilson, Tamar Diana ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Mexico; Migration; Networks; US

Indexed keywords

LABOR MARKET; LABOR MIGRATION; MIGRATION DETERMINANT;

JALISCO STATE; MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032439538     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.57.4.pw61g8j535740428     Document Type: Article

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