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Voss, Paul R.; Fuguitt, Glenn V. – Rural Sociology, 1991
Examination of the 1979 income status of 1975-80 in-migrants, out-migrants, and nonmigrants in 223 nonmetropolitan low-income counties in the South indicates that migration had very little influence on income, whether subpopulation mean incomes or aggregate dollar amounts. Contains 42 references. (SV)
Descriptors: Economic Impact, Income, Low Income Counties, Migration
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Ferro, Anna – Higher Education in Europe, 2004
This paper is about the experience of labour migration among skilled Romanians, mainly Information Technology workers and highly qualified researchers. It is based on a questionnaire survey where, among other elements, the researcher investigated the push-pull aspects of qualified migration and the strategies of labour migration. This paper…
Descriptors: Skilled Workers, Recruitment, Migration Patterns, Information Technology
Peirce, Neal R.; Johnson, Curtis – Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education, 2003
In this article, the authors discuss the problematic trends affecting New England's human capital. These trends include migration to other states of New England's graduates due to high cost of living; more than 60 percent of college dropouts; and the decision of most companies to outsource jobs in India and other countries.
Descriptors: Credentials, Human Capital, Universities, Dropouts
California Postsecondary Education Commission, 2007
This report evaluates the contribution of public higher education to raise educational attainment and the challenge of aligning postsecondary education with evolving educational needs of the state's diverse population. Report conclusions include: (1) The educational attainment of California's population is growing more slowly than the national…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Accountability, Guidelines, Educational Needs
Rendall, Michael S.; Torr, Berna M. – RAND Corporation, 2007
Second-generation immigrants are typically analyzed under the assumption that, having been born in the United States, they grew up in the United States. We challenge this assumption by investigating the prevalence and patterns of second-generation Mexican-American children's migration to and return from Mexico during childhood, and consider the…
Descriptors: Family Characteristics, Children, Foreign Countries, Immigrants
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Walford, Nigel – Journal of Rural Studies, 2007
Exchanges of population between supposedly "urban" and "rural" spaces have occurred throughout history as people migrate between areas with relatively, densely and sparsely settled populations. However, comparatively little is known about whether the same small areas persistently contribute to the flow and what types of…
Descriptors: Migration Patterns, Population Growth, Developed Nations, Rural Areas
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Blunt, Kesha – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2007
Migration across national borders has resulted in demographic changes in the United States, causing the country to become more multi-ethnic. This presents considerable challenges for graduate level educators who need to be responsive to the unique academic needs of diverse populations by considering students' previous experiences, values, and…
Descriptors: Teaching Styles, Transformative Learning, Educational Environment, Social Work
Isaza Calderon, Baltasar – Yelmo, 1975
Because of similarities in the pronunciation of "c" and "z" in Spanish America and Andalusia, it has been supposed that there was a great Andalusian migration to the New World. However, this pronunciation was also prevalent in other parts of Spain where "s", "c" and "z" were often confused. (Text is in Spanish.) (CHK)
Descriptors: Consonants, Diachronic Linguistics, Migration Patterns, Phonology
Fryman, James F. – 1983
This paper uses multiple linkage analysis to identify greater than expected out-migration flows (salient flows or links) from State Economic Areas (SEAs) within the southeastern United States for two time periods, 1955-60 and 1965-70. In addition, the number of salient flows per SEA are compared with selected characteristics of the SEA, such as…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Community Size, Geographic Location, Metropolitan Areas
Florida International Univ., Miami. Latin American and Caribbean Center. – 1981
Six papers on Caribbean immigrants and refugees in south Florida are presented in this document. Their titles (and authors) are: (1) "Let's Welcome the Refugees" (Bryan O. Walsh); (2) "The Haitians and America's 'Pull'" (Anthony P. Maingot); (3) "Estimates of Haitian International Migration for the 1950-1980 Period"…
Descriptors: Cubans, Employment Level, Haitians, Immigrants
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Fogel, Walter A. – Monthly Labor Review, 1975
The author discusses the significance of immigrant Mexican labor on the United States labor market. (Adapted from a 1974 Industrial Relations Research Association conference paper.) (EA)
Descriptors: Employment Patterns, Geographic Regions, Immigrants, Labor Force
Watley, Donivan J. – 1971
This study provides migration trends for black and nonblack students who scored highest on the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (NMSQT). The nonblack sample of 51,096 consisted of all those who had obtained an NMSQT score of 137 or above -- about 2 percent of all 11th graders obtain scores this high. The black sample of 8,162 included…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Black Students, Brain Drain, High School Students
Fenske, R. H.; And Others – 1972
This study examines the background characteristics of two large national samples of first-time enrolled freshmen who (a) attended college within their state of residence but away from their home community, (b) migrated to a college in an adjacent state, (c) migrated to a college in a distant state, and (d) attended college in their home community.…
Descriptors: College Students, Demography, Higher Education, Migration Patterns
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Price, Charles A. – International Migration Review, 1986
Since World War II, Australia has been a major country of refugee settlement. This article traces its immigrant policy and resulting population from its interest in encouraging immigration for its own population growth and development to its current commitment to help refugees and Special Humanitarian Program (SHP) cases. (ETS)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Immigrants, Migration Patterns, Population Trends
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Boswell, Thomas D. – Journal of Geography, 1984
To illustrate how various groups of Spanish-Americans differ from one another, the migration histories and the distributional characteristics of the Cuban and Puerto Rican populations living in the United States are compared. (RM)
Descriptors: Cubans, Cultural Background, Cultural Differences, Demography
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