Determining the causes and durability of transnational labour migration between Mexico and the United States: Some empirical findings

International Migration

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 3-39

  Pries, Ludger ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LABOR MIGRATION; LIFE HISTORY; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; TYPOLOGY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; PUEBLA [MEXICO]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3142568500     PISSN: 00207985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0020-7985.2004.00279.x     Document Type: Article

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