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Since Mexico-U.S. migration represents the largest sustained migratory flow between two nations worldwide, much of the theoretical and empirical work on migration has focused on this single case. In the last few decades, however, migration has emerged as a critical issue across all nations in Latin America and the Caribbean, with the region seeing its position changed from a net migrant-receiving region to one that now stands as one of the foremost sending areas of the world.
In this latest volume of the ANNALS, leading migration scholars seek to redress the imbalance offered when only studying a single case with the first systematic assessment of Latin American migration patterns using ongoing research on the Mexican case as a basis for comparison. Each chapter examines specific propositions or findings derived from the Mexican case that have not yet been tested for other Latin American or Caribbean nations. Using a common framework of data, methods, and theories, they offer a new perspective on the causes and consequences of migration in the Western Hemisphere.
List of contents
Introduction
Migration in the Americas: Mexico and Latin America in Comparative Context - Katharine M. Donato, Jonathan Hiskey, Jorge Durand, and Douglas S. Massey
PROCESSES OF MIGRATION IN THE AMERICAS
New World Orders: Continuities and Changes in Latin American Migration - Jorge Durand and Douglas S. Massey
Pioneers and Followers: Migrant Selectivity and the Development of U.S. Migration Streams in Latin America - David P. Lindstrom and Adriana López Ramírez
U.S. Migration from Latin America: Gendered Patterns and Shifts - Katharine M. Donato
Gender Differences between Mexican Migration to the United States and Paraguayan Migration to Argentina - Marcela Cerrutti and Magali Gaudio
CAUSES OF MIGRATION IN THE AMERICAS
Transition Shocks and Emigration Profiles in Latin America - Jonathan Hiskey and Diana Orces
In Search of Peace: Structural Adjustment, Violence, and International Migration - Steven Elías Alvarado and Douglas S. Massey
The Cumulative Causation of International Migration in Latin America - Elizabeth Fussell
Determinants of Emigration: Comparing Migrants' Selectivity from Peru and Mexico - Ayumi Takenaka and Karen A. Pren
CONSEQUENCES OF MIGRATION IN THE AMERICAS
Assessing Human Capital Transferability into the U.S. Labor Market among Latino Immigrants to the United States - Nadia Y. Flores
To Send or Not to Send: Migrant Remittances in Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Mexico - Jorge Duany
Migration, Remittances and Children's Schooling in Haiti - Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Annie Georges, and Susan Pozo
Occupational Mobility among Returned Migrants in Latin America: A Comparative Analysis - Salvador D. Cobo, Silvia E. Giorguli, and Francisco Alba
U.S. POLICY AND MIGRATION FROM THE AMERICAS
Policy Shocks: On the Legal Auspices of Latin American Migration to the United States - Fernando Riosmena
Undocumented Migration from Latin America in an Era of Rising U.S. Enforcement - Douglas S. Massey and Fernando Riosmena
