What are Migration Networks?
15 Pages Posted: 30 Nov 2000
Date Written: September 2000
Abstract
Migration networks are usually captured by the number of people from the migrant's country in the host region. Using Mexican migration data, we analyze the effects of the usual network variable and two additional origin-village-specific variables on migrants' location choice.
JEL Classification: F22, J61
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