Migration decision making : multidisciplinary approaches to microlevel studies in developed and developing countries / edited by Gordon F. De Jong, Robert W. Gardner.

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New York : Pergamon Press, ©1981.
Description
xii, 394 pages ; 24 cm.

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      Series
      Pergamon policy studies on international development [More in this series]
      Summary note
      Conference report on factors involved in migration decision making - discusses motivations, economic models incorporating macro- and microlevel influences, development paradigm in relation to developing countries, relevance of village-community social structure, family structure and social psychological considerations, and indicates implications for migration policies. Bibliography pp. 329 to 381, flow charts and graphs. Conference held in Honolulu 1979 Jun 11 to Jul 6.
      Notes
      Includes index.
      Bibliographic references
      Bibliography: p. 329-381.
      Contents
      • Motivations for migration / Gordon F. De Jong and James T. Fawcett
      • Macrolevel influences on the migration decision process / Robert W. Gardner
      • Microeconomic approaches to studying migration decisions / Julie DaVanzo
      • Information, uncertainty, and the microeconomic model of migration decision making / John L. Goodman
      • Toward a development paradigm of migration / Lawrence A. Brown and Rickie L. Sanders
      • Village-community ties, village norms, and ethnic and social networks / Graeme J. Hugo
      • Family structure and family strategy in migration decision making / Sarah F. Harbison
      • The migration decision-making process / Gerald Haberkorn
      • Policy intervention considerations / Gordon F. De Jong and Sarah F. Harbison
      • The utility of microlevel approaches to migration / Ricardo G. Abad
      • A review of micromigration research in the third-world context / Tuck Hoong Paul Chang.
      ISBN
      • 0080263054
      • 9780080263052
      LCCN
      81002076
      OCLC
      7671620
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