Migration decision making
Subtitle: multidisciplinary approaches to microlevel studies in developed and developing countries
By: edited by Gordon F. De Jong, Robert W. Gardner.
Contributors: De Jong, Gordon F.; Gardner, Robert W.
Series: Pergamon policy studies on international development
Publisher: Pergamon Press
Published: 1981
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 394
Subjects: Migration, Internal -- Decision making.; Migration, Internal -- Developing countries.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 329-381.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Motivations for migration / Gordon F. De Jong and James T. Fawcett; title: Macrolevel influences on the migration decision process / Robert W. Gardner; title: Microeconomic approaches to studying migration decisions / Julie DaVanzo; title: Information, uncertainty, and the microeconomic model of migration decision making / John L. Goodman; title: Toward a development paradigm of migration / Lawrence A. Brown and Rickie L. Sanders; title: Village-community ties, village norms, and ethnic and social networks / Graeme J. Hugo; title: Family structure and family strategy in migration decision making / Sarah F. Harbison; title: The migration decision-making process / Gerald Haberkorn; title: Policy intervention considerations / Gordon F. De Jong and Sarah F. Harbison; title: The utility of microlevel approaches to migration / Ricardo G. Abad; title: A review of micromigration research in the third-world context / Tuck Hoong Paul Chang.