Pathways to El Norte: Origins, destinations, and characteristics of Mexican migrants to the United States

International Migration Review

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-36

  Riosmena, Fernando ^a   Massey, Douglas S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC STRUCTURE; ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LATINO PEOPLE;

ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; HISTORY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEXICO; MIGRATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL CHANGE; UNITED STATES; WORK;

ECONOMICS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FAMILY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MEXICO; POPULATION GROUPS; SOCIAL CHANGE; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; UNITED STATES; WORK;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84858830702     PISSN: 01979183     EISSN: 17477379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-7379.2012.00879.x     Document Type: Review

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