Migration permanence and village decline in zacatecas: When you can't go home again

Professional Geographer

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 382-399

  Jones, Richard C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Border restrictions; International wage labor migration; Mexico; Permanent migration

Indexed keywords

BORDER REGION; ECONOMIC IMPACT; IMMIGRATION POLICY; LABOR MIGRATION; RURAL ECONOMY; VILLAGE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; ZACATECAS;

EID: 70149115882     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00330120902941779     Document Type: Article

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