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Title: Latino Migration from New York City to Albany, NY: Motivations, Socioeconomic Outcomes, and Incorporation Challenges

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2008

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Abstract: This study builds on the internal migration literature, and especially on the rapidly growing number of studies about the waves of migrants settling in new destinations throughout the United States (Durand et al. 2005; Kritz and Nogle 1994; Kritz and Gurak 2001; Suro and Singer 2002). Most of the prior studies of Latino internal migration have focused on the larger, macro-structural factors pushing or pulling people to migrate. In this study, we instead focus on individual migration motivations and how they enhance explanations solely based on socioeconomic outcomes, as well as our understanding of the challenges to and opportunities for immigrant integration. Our goal is to compare how self-reported migration motivations relate to or diverge from the comparative socioeconomic outcomes for Latinos(as), based on twenty semi-structured . . .

Url: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/303804116

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Authors: Rincon, Lina; Bose, Christine E

Periodical (Full): Latino(a) Research Review

Issue: 1-2

Volume: 7

Pages: 91-111

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Crime and Deviance, Migration and Immigration, Other

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