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Return Migration and Remittances: Developing a Caribbean Perspective. RIIES Occasional Papers No. 3.
Stinner, William F., Ed.; And Others – 1982
The 13 papers in this volume discuss issues relating to Caribbeans who have migrated to the United States and then returned to their home countries. The last three papers focus on remittances, migrants' ongoing remitting of cash and other economic resources to the home society. Paper titles (and authors) are the following: (1) "Introductory…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Blacks, Economic Factors, Economic Opportunities
Migration, Race and Ethnicity, 1960-1980.
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Sandefur, Gary D.; Jeon, Jiwon – International Migration Review, 1991
Analyzes census data from 1960, 1970, and 1980. Finds that the rates of interstate migration of all minority groups moved closer to or surpassed those of Whites by the 1975-80 period. (DM)
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks, Census Figures
Socioeconomic Characteristics of the Spanish Origin Hired Farm Working Force, 1973.
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Smith, Leslie W. – 1975
The differentials between Spanish origin and other ethnic groups of farm wageworkers were investigated by comparative analyses of age, sex, education, migratory status, employment, and earnings. Farmworkers were defined as persons 14 years and over in the civilian noninstitutional population who performed farm wagework at some time during 1973,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age, Agricultural Laborers, Anglo Americans
Caribbean Immigration to the United States. RIIES Occasional Papers No. 1. Second Printing.
Bryce-Laporte, Roy S., Ed.; Mortimer, Delores M., Ed. – 1983
Twelve research papers on Caribbean immigrants to the United States are collected in this volume. Their titles (and authors) are the following: (1) "The United States' Role in Caribbean Migration: Background to the Problem" (Roy S. Bryce-Laporte); (2) "International Migration and the Political Economy of Underdevelopment: Aspects of…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Blacks, Economic Factors, Economic Opportunities
Immigration and Race: Recent Trends in Immigration to the United States. Program for Research on Immigration Policy.
Passel, Jeffrey S.; Edmonston, Barry – 1992
This paper traces the evolution of immigration to the United States during the 20th century with an emphasis on the racial and ethnic composition of the immigration flow. The changing generational composition of the country's population is described from 1850 through 1990. A new population projection/estimation methodology is employed to measure…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Blacks, Estimation (Mathematics), Ethnic Groups
Minneapolis Multi-Ethnic Curriculum Project--Migration Unit.
Minneapolis Public Schools, Minn. Dept. of Intergroup Education. – 1975
The student booklet presents short chapters illustrating the migration unit of the Minneapolis Multi-Ethnic Curriculum Project for secondary schools. Sixteen brief chapters describe migration, immigration, and emigration in the United States. The first six chapters offer first person accounts of immigrants from Norway, Korea, Egypt, Hitler's…
Descriptors: Arabs, Blacks, Chinese Americans, Ethnic Groups
Migrant Farmworkers in Western New York, 1978.
Young, Ruth C.; And Others – 1979
To provide current demographic and needs assessment information for public and private agencies serving migrants, a survey was conducted among farmers and the migrant workers they employed. Of 228 migrant labor camps in western and central New York, 57 were selected for study by a stratified random sampling procedure which assured adequate…
Descriptors: Agricultural Production, Blacks, Crew Leaders, Demography