1. China's "tidal wave" of migrant labor: what can we learn from Mexican undocumented migration to the United States?
- Author
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Roberts KD
- Subjects
- Americas, Asia, China, Demography, Developed Countries, Developing Countries, Economics, Asia, Eastern, Latin America, Mexico, North America, Population, Research, Social Planning, Socioeconomic Factors, United States, Agriculture, Cross-Cultural Comparison, Emigration and Immigration, Population Dynamics, Social Class, Transients and Migrants
- Abstract
"The purpose of this article is to place Chinese labor migration from agriculture within the context of the literature on labor mobility in developing countries by comparing it to undocumented Mexican migration to the United States. The similarities fall within three general areas: the migration process, the economic and social position of migrants at their destination, and the agrarian structure and process of agricultural development that has perpetuated circular migration. The last section of the article draws upon these similarities, as well as differences between the two countries, to generate predictions concerning the development of labor migration in China.", (excerpt)
- Published
- 1997