The Internal Dynamic of International Migration Systems

B Waldorf
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B Waldorf: Department of Geography and Regional Development, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA

Environment and Planning A, 1996, vol. 28, issue 4, 631-650

Abstract: In this paper I provide a conceptualization of international migration networks, which can be used to identify and integrate the internal components of migration systems, and formalize the relationships in an analytic model of the internal network dynamic. With the use of the operationalized model, and microlevel and macrolevel data for guestworkers in Germany during the period 1970 to 1989, we can empirically test the relative influence of internal network variables versus external forces on the attraction of immigrants over time. The empirical results suggest that—as the system matures—network variables have an increasing impact on the attraction of immigrants, while the impact of economic factors declines. The research is concluded with a series of simulations that further highlight the internal dynamic of international migration systems.

Date: 1996
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