Pioneers and Followers: Migrant Selectivity and the Development of U.S. Migration Streams in Latin America

David P. Lindstrom and Adriana López Ramírez
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David P. Lindstrom: Brown University
Adriana López Ramírez: University of Arkansas, Little Rock

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2010, vol. 630, issue 1, 53-77

Abstract: The authors present a method for dividing the historical development of community migration streams into an initial period and a subsequent takeoff stage with the purpose of systemically differentiating pioneer migrants from follower migrants. The analysis is organized around five basic research questions. First, can we empirically identify a juncture point in the historical development of community-based migration that marks the transition from an initial stage of low levels of migration and gradual growth into a takeoff stage in which the prevalence of migration grows at a more accelerated rate? Second, does this juncture point exist at roughly similar migration prevalence levels across communities? Third, are first-time migrants in the initial stage (pioneers) different from first-time migrants in the takeoff stage (followers)? Fourth, what is the nature of this migrant selectivity? Finally, does the nature and degree of pioneer selectivity vary across country migration streams?

Keywords: migration; selectivity; cumulative causation; Mexico; Latin America (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1177/0002716210368103

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