Publications
- Discovering Diverse Mechanisms of Migration: The Mexico-U.S. Stream from 1970 to 2000
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- by Garip, Filiz
- Migrants to the United States are a diverse population. This diversity, captured in various
migration theories, is overlooked in empirical applications that describe a typical narrative for an
average migrant. Using the Mexican Migration Project data from about 17,000 first-time
migrants between 1970 and 2000, this study employs cluster analysis to identify four types of
migrants with distinct configurations of characteristics. Each migrant type corresponds to a
specific theoretical account, and becomes prevalent in a specific period, depending on the
economic, social and political conditions. Strikingly, each migrant type also becomes prevalent
around the period in which its corresponding theory is developed.
- Publication Type: WCFIA Working Paper
- Published Date: December 2011
- Field of Interest: International Relations
- Garip, Filiz. "Discovering Diverse Mechanisms of Migration: The Mexico-U.S. Stream from 1970 to 2000." Working Paper
2011-0001, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard
University, December 2011.
