Family and Community Networks in Mexico-U.S. Migration

By P. Winters, A. de Janvry, E. Sadoulet. 2001

288 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science

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In Economics and Econometrics

1. A. de Janvry
2. B. Davis
3. E. Sadoulet
4. P. Winters
5. L. Corral
6. Q. David
7. A. Janiak
8. Étienne Wasmer

In Sociology and Political Science

1. B. Davis
2. P. Winters
3. A. de Janvry
4. E. Sadoulet
5. L. Corral
6. Hein de Haas
7. Étienne Wasmer
8. Q. David

Citations in the corpus

• The economics of human trafficking and labour migration: Micro-evidence from Eastern Europe (2010, background): “Most authors in the field suggest that risks should be lower in areas of mass emigration, mainly because of the protective role of migrant networks (see e.g. Carrington et al. 1996, Winters et al. 2001, Munshi 2003, Bauer et al. 2007).”
• Measuring the Poverty Reduction Potential of Land in Rural Mexico (2002, background): “To capture the role of networks in migration (Winters et al., 2001), migration assets are defined as the number of village members who have migrated out of the state over the last 5 years, separating domestic migration in other states of Mexico from foreign migration.”
• The Internal Dynamics of Migration Processes: A Theoretical Inquiry (2010, background): “A recent household survey in rural Mexico revealed that, once migration is well established in a community, family networks become less important and community networks become more important, allowing those initially least favoured to also participate in migration (Winters et al. 2001).”
• Assets, Activities and Income Generation in Rural Mexico: Factoring in Social and Public Capital (2002, background): “Winters et al. (2001) explore the role of assets, including social and public capital, in the decision to migrate.”
• Herd Effects or Migration Networks? The Location Choice of Mexican Immigrants in the U.S. (2002, unknown): “In the United States, noticeable clusters of Mexican immigrants exist in California, Texas, Florida and Chicago.”
• Local social capital and geographical mobility (2010, background): “…the other, and were precisely intended to provide a substitute to local social capital.7 Another example comes from the literature on development: Winters et al. (2001) analyze the effect networks have on the choice to migrate from Mexico to the United States, finding that there could be a…”