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Mobility, migration and foreigners

Han Chinese population shares in Tibet: early insights from the 2020 census of China

December 20, 2021September 20, 2021 Andrew M. Fischer
Asia, china, mobility, population, tibet

The early results of the 2020 Census of the People’s Republic of China shed light on the highly politicised issue of Han Chinese population shares in the Tibetan areas of … Read more

Mobility, migration and foreigners

U.S. immigrant men’s earning trajectories vary by country of origin

March 14, 2021February 1, 2021 Leafia Ye and Michal Engelman
Americas, immi, Migration, mobility, Work

Immigrant men who arrived in the United States in the latter part of the twentieth century experienced varied earning trajectories. Leafia Ye and Michal Engelman show that those who came … Read more

Mobility, migration and foreigners

Do childhood migration experiences affect migration behaviour in adulthood?

March 12, 2021May 11, 2020 Aude Bernard and Sergi Vidal
Children, Family, Migration, mobility, Youth

Aude Bernard and Sergi Vidal investigate the impact of childhood moves on internal migration behaviour in adulthood in 11 European countries. They find that childhood moves significantly increase the likelihood … Read more

Mobility, migration and foreigners

The global network of transnational mobility

March 10, 2021October 7, 2019 Ettore Recchi, Emanuel Deutschmann and Michele Vespe
Migration, mobility, world

Ettore Recchi, Emanuel Deutschmann and Maxime Chabriel have recently created a dataset to estimate international mobility (border crossing), on the basis of global statistics on tourism and air passenger traffic. … Read more

Mobility, migration and foreigners

Low migrant death rates: actual or artefactual?

March 10, 2021April 23, 2019 Matthew Wallace
Migration, mobility, Mortality

The mortality of immigrants, even those from poor countries, is lower than that of natives, even in rich receiving countries. In this article, Matthew Wallace examines whether this advantage is … Read more

Environment and development

Global family change: persistent diversity with development

June 3, 2021March 25, 2019 Luca Maria Pesando
Family, Migration, mobility

Decades of sweeping demographic, economic, and social change have radically transformed structures, gender roles, and intergenerational bonds of families worldwide, initially in high‐income countries (HICs), and more recently in low‐ … Read more

Mobility, migration and foreigners

The ‘Healthy Immigrant Effect’: the role of educational selectivity

March 10, 2021March 10, 2019 Mathieu Ichou and Matthew Wallace
Europe, Health, Migration, mobility

Public interest in migration has intensified in recent times, and restrictive policies are gaining increasing political support. These are often based on misconceptions, such as migrants being responsible for spreading … Read more

Education, work, economy (socio-economic differences)

Malthus, forever?

March 10, 2021February 4, 2019 Massimo Livi Bacci
Demography, Migration, mobility, population

Malthus is long dead, but his ideas live on and are still widely debated today. Massimo Livi Bacci argues that he was probably right, after all. Malthus and the limits … Read more

Environment and development

The impact of transportation infrastructures on growth and development

March 14, 2021January 28, 2019 Bishal Bhakta Kasu and Guangqing Chi
Americas, Migration, mobility

In developing economies, transportation infrastructures are considered a growth factor. But is this still true when the economy matures? Bishal Kasu and Guangqing Chi answer this question using recent (1970–2010) … Read more

Families and households

In Sweden, women move to their partner’s home at union formation

March 10, 2021November 19, 2018 Maria Brandén and Karen Haandrikman
Couples, Europe, Family, Gender issues, Marriage, Migration, mobility

Women tend to adapt to their male spouse when families move. Maria Brandén and Karen Haandrikman examine whether this is also true for the moves couples make when forming a … Read more

Mobility, migration and foreigners

All U.S. states are becoming more racially diverse… for now

March 8, 2021January 8, 2018 Barrett A. Lee, Michael J.R. Martin, Stephen A. Matthews and Chad R. Farrell
Americas, Demography, Migration, mobility

Universal patterns or trends are rare in demographic research. Yet we have uncovered one: since 1980, all 50 U.S. states have become more ethnically and racially diverse (Lee et al. 2017).Such … Read more

Environment and development

Migration reduces climate risk for many but not for all

March 7, 2021October 9, 2017 Martina Grecequet and Jessica Hellmann
Demography, Migration, mobility, population

As the consequences of climate change accumulate, many experts expect to see migration away from the world’s most impacted regions as people seek a climate and an economy that better … Read more

Mobility, migration and foreigners

Immigrant receptivity and local area unemployment in the U.S.

March 7, 2021October 2, 2017 Gordon F. De Jong, Deborah R. Graefe, Chris Galvan and Stephanie Howe Hasanali
Americas, Migration, mobility, population

Recent political events in many countries have made it clear that the receptivity of immigrants by destination area citizens is a contentious issue. Natives in arrival countries have demonstrated both … Read more

Mobility, migration and foreigners

Think race and ethnicity are permanent? Think again

March 6, 2021June 26, 2017 Carolyn A. Liebler, Sonya R. Porter, Leticia E. Fernandez, James M. Noon and Sharon R. Ennis
Americas, Migration, mobility, population

Add something else to the list of things that seem simple but are actually complicated – the way someone reports their race or ethnicity. In a recently-published research article (Liebler … Read more

Mobility, migration and foreigners

Teenage immigrants fare worse than younger immigrants in Norway

March 5, 2021May 15, 2017 Are Skeie Hermansen
Europe, Migration, mobility, Youth

Immigration during childhood represents an important turning point for future developmental trajectories, and the timing of this event (i.e., age at arrival) has an impact on later-life educational success and … Read more

Mobility, migration and foreigners

The demography of Trump’s wall

March 5, 2021April 3, 2017 Dudley L. Poston jr. and Peter A. Morrison
Americas, Demography, immigrant, immigration, migrant, mobility, refugee, trump

A major feature of the presidential campaign of Donald Trump was his pledge to build a wall on the southern border of the United States that would stop once and … Read more

Mobility, migration and foreigners

The economic and fiscal impact of immigration in the US

March 5, 2021March 27, 2017 Francine D. Blau and Christopher Mackie
Americas, Migration, mobility

More than 40 million people living in the United States were born in other countries, and almost an equal number have at least one foreign-born parent. Together, immigrants and their … Read more

Education, work, economy (socio-economic differences)

Are population policies effective?

March 4, 2021October 31, 2016 Jacques Vallin
Fertility, Migration, mobility, Mortality, population, Reproduction

Let us look at four types of objective that can legitimize population policies in a given context: reducing mortality (Vallin et Meslé, 2006), limiting fertility if the population is growing … Read more

Mobility, migration and foreigners

African migration: is the continent really on the move?*

March 3, 2021March 29, 2016 Marie-Laurence Flahaux and Hein de Haas
Africa, emigration, immigration, mobility

General trends and directions of African migration African migration is often perceived as massive and increasing, mainly directed toward Europe, and driven by poverty and violence (Lessault and Beauchemin 2009). However, … Read more

Environment and development

Des projections démographiques jusqu’en 2100… Est-ce bien raisonnable?

March 3, 2021December 4, 2015 Henri Leridon
Demography, Fertility, Migration, mobility, Mortality

En économie, il est rare que l’on se hasarde à des prévisions au-delà de quelques années. Il n’y a guère que les climatologues pour faire tourner des modèles sur 100 … Read more

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