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Gilroy, Marilyn – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2007
Economic opportunity, the force that has driven population shifts for years, is changing the face of migration as Hispanics move into parts of the nation beyond border states and traditional ports of entry. North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, and Indiana are experiencing a steady growth in Hispanic population. In addition, West Virginia, Ohio, and…
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Economic Opportunities, Immigration, Employment Patterns
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Briody, Elizabeth K. – International Migration Review, 1987
Results of field research conducted in South Texas during 1982-1983 suggest that immigration leads to downward social mobility with respect to legal status of household members, type of employment, and property ownership. Hypothesizes that household immigration from Mexico is a response to new opportunity structures and widening employment…
Descriptors: Employed Women, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns, Family (Sociological Unit)
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Dunn, James – Journal of Geography, 2004
People have been leaving rural environments and moving into urban environments. By 2007, the most people in the world will live in cities (United Nations 2002). Mexico illustrates this world trend closely. Mexico now publishes data on the Internet that can be used to study the movement of people within the country. A lesson is presented with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural to Urban Migration, Urban Demography, Migration Patterns
Lefberg, Irv; And Others – 1996
This publication provides actual historical and long-term forecast data on labor force, total wage and salary employment, industry employment, and personal income for the state of Washington. The data are based upon the Washington Office of Financial Management long-term population forecast. Chapter 1 presents long-term forecasts of Washington…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Demand Occupations, Demography, Employment Opportunities