Thinking About International Migration

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Thinking About International Migration

• Douglas S. Massey
• Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs
• Princeton University

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Migrationand Natural IncreaseZlotnik, Hania.
2004. Population Growth and International
Migration. Pp. 13-34 in Douglas S. Massey and
J. Edward Taylor, eds., International Migration
Prospects and Policies. Oxford Oxford
University Press.
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Migrationand Economic DevelopmentMassey,
Douglas S. 1988. International Migration and
Economic Development in Comparative Perspective.
Population and Development Review 14383-414.
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• Within Mexico
• US Migration Associated With More
  Development
• Not Less Development in Communities

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Relative Effect of Binational Wage Gap on Rate of
Migration to the United StatesMassey, Douglas
S., and Kristen E. Espinosa. 1997. Whats
Driving Mexican Migration to the United States?
American Journal of Sociology 203939-999.
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Permanence of Mexican Immigration

• Historically Migration Has Been Circular
• 1965-1985
• 85 of Undocumented Entries Were Offset By
  Departures
• Over Same Period
• Annual Probability of Return Was 33
• Around 70 Back Home within 5 Years
• Massey, Douglas S., and Audrey Singer. 1995.
  New Estimates of Undocumented Migration and the
  Probability of Apprehension. Demography
  32203-13.

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Effect of Costs of Entry on Undocumented Migration

• Massey, Douglas S., Jorge Durand, and Nolan J.
  Malone. 2002. Beyond Smoke and Mirrors
  Mexican Immigration in an Age of Economic
  Integration. New York Russell Sage.

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Consequences of Misunderstanding

• Sharp Decline in Return Migration
• Nationalization of Immigration
• Decline in Wages for Legal Migrants
• Waste of Money
• Waste of Lives

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Thinking About International Migration

• Douglas S. Massey
• Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs
• Princeton University