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Pacheco, Gail Anne; Rossouw, Stephanie; Lewer, Joshua – Social Indicators Research, 2013
This paper contributes to the immigration literature by generating two unique non-economic quality of life (QOL) indices and testing their role on recent migration patterns. Applying the generated QOL indices in conjunction with four independent welfare measures to an augmented gravity model of immigration, this paper finds an insignificant…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Foreign Countries, Immigration, Migration Patterns
Jansen, Clifford J.; La Cavera, Lee R. – 1981
This fact book provides demographic, social, economic, and other statistical information of Italian immigrants in Canada. Based on the 1971 and 1976 censuses of Canada and on information from recent Italian and other Canadian sources, the fact book includes tables and figures on numbers of Italians in Canada by age, sex, and linguistic group;…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Community Satisfaction, Cultural Background, Demography
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
Giraldo, Fernando Urrea – 1982
This study analyzes the results of a survey conducted on the participation of Colombian migrant households in the New York City labor market and the occupational mobility of these men and women in that labor market. It focuses on the socioeconomic dimensions of their migration on three levels: (1) macroeconomic--concerning the New York City labor…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Demography, Economic Factors, Family Income