Mexican Population Growth in New US Destinations: Testing and Developing Social Capital Theories of Migration using Census Data

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1479-1505

  Johnston, Michael Francis ^a   Karageorgis, Stavros ^b   Light, Ivan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mexican Migrants; Migration; Social Capital; Social Networks; US

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; INTERNAL MIGRATION; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; METROPOLITAN AREA; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION GROWTH; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL NETWORK;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884283599     PISSN: 1369183X     EISSN: 14699451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369183X.2013.815430     Document Type: Review

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