Migration, Development, and Segmented Assimilation: A Conceptual Review of the Evidence

Alejandro Portes
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Alejandro Portes: Center for Migration and Development at Princeton University

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2007, vol. 610, issue 1, 73-97

Abstract: This article first gives attention to the ongoing debate about the role of remittances on development. The author presents evidence showing that monetary transfers can induce economic vitality but also expand inequalities in countries of origin. Second, the author examines a phenomenon given little attention until now: the extent to which policies aimed at curtailing unauthorized immigration to the United States are promoting instead the permanent immigration and settlement of vulnerable workers and their families, thus increasing the likelihood that some of their children will respond to hostility and limited opportunity through downward assimilation. When deported, those youngsters transfer deviant styles of life learned abroad to their home communities. International migration has thus become a key element in the study of development.

Keywords: migration; downward mobility; segmented assimilation; remittances (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1177/0002716206296779

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