Publications

WCFIA Publications

The Weatherhead Center has developed a presence on the Internet that, to a growing readership, is playing a significant role in the projection of Harvard scholarship on international affairs. The site: faculty research available through categorical fields of inquiry; searches by author, subject, title or date of publication; Working Papers selected for online distribution based on their relevance to contemporary issues in international affairs; In the News links to op-ed and other pieces written by or about the Center’s faculty associates; and Recent Books by faculty associates, including editorial summaries. The Center is always adding to the hundreds of academic articles available on its site and responding to the interests of Center faculty and other users in making the site an indispensable scholarly tool.

Below are a selection of our most recently uploaded publications.


The Skills of Female Immigrants to Australia, Canada, and the United States
by Heather Antecol
Census data for 1990/91 indicate that Australian and Canadian female immigrants appear to have higher levels of English fluency, education, and income (relative to natives) than do U.S. female...
Publication Type: Conference Paper
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The Palestinian Refugee Problem and the Right of Return
by Alpher, Joseph; Shikaki, Khalil
The present paper on the Palestinian refugee problem is the first concept paper that has emerged from the Joint Working Group deliberations. It is our hope that it will contribute to the discussion...
Publication Type: WCFIA Working Paper
Published Date: May 1998 More
Residential Inequality and Segregation in an Immigration Era: Race/ethnicity and Location in the Larger Metropolitan Regions of
by Richard Alba
Three conceptions of incorporation dominate the contemporary discussion of immigration to the U.S. At one vertex of a triangle of possibilities is assimilation, associated with gradual cultural,...
Publication Type: Conference Paper
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