Causal modeling in international migration research: A methodological prolegomenon

1982 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
DemetriosG. Papademetriou ◽  
GeraldW. Hopple
Keyword(s):  
International Migration ◽  
Causal Modeling ◽  
Migration Research

Overcoming Challenges of International Migration Research: A Case Study Approach in Southern Mexico

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-143
Author(s):  
Julie Boyles
Keyword(s):  
International Migration ◽  
Common Ground ◽  
Data Gathering ◽  
Ethnographic Case Study ◽  
Case Study Approach ◽  
Southern Mexico ◽  
Mixed Methods Approach ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Migration Research

An ethnographic case study approach to understanding women’s actions and reactions to husbands’ emigration—or potential emigration—offers a distinct set of challenges to a U.S.-based researcher.  International migration research in a foreign context likely offers challenges in language, culture, lifestyle, as well as potential gender norm impediments. A mixed methods approach contributed to successfully overcoming barriers through an array of research methods, strategies, and tactics, as well as practicing flexibility in data gathering methods. Even this researcher’s influence on the research was minimized and alleviated, to a degree, through ascertaining common ground with many of the women. Research with the women of San Juan Guelavía, Oaxaca, Mexico offered numerous and constant challenges, each overcome with ensuing rewards.

scholarly journals Japan and Labor Migration: Theoretical and Methodological Implications of Negative Cases

2000 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Bartram
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
International Migration ◽  
Labor Migration ◽  
Foreign Workers ◽  
World War ◽  
Industrial Countries ◽  
Migration Research ◽  
Recent Interest ◽  
Negative Case ◽  
Proper Theory

Migration scholars have frequently emphasized the tremendous increase in international migration in recent years. But several advanced industrial countries — Japan in particular — have relatively small numbers of foreign workers. Most of the literature on labor migration relates only to “positive cases,” i.e., countries that have actually experienced significant inflows of foreign workers. This article proposes considering Japan as a “negative case” of labor migration in the post-World War II period. There has been much recent interest in the growing numbers of foreign workers in Japan, but what is most interesting about Japan is the fact that the numbers are relatively small (as a percentage of the labor force) and that they began to increase so late, in comparison to other countries. The main goal of the paper is to advocate consideration of negative cases in migration research; a proper theory of labor migration would distinguish between positive and negative cases.

The Norwegian Historic Population Register and Migration

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 249-263
Author(s):  
Lars Holden ◽  
Svetlana Boudko
Keyword(s):  
International Migration ◽  
Internal Migration ◽  
Return Migration ◽  
High Probability ◽  
Population Register ◽  
Place Of Birth ◽  
Migration Research ◽  
National Population Register ◽  
Automatic Methods ◽  
And Migration

This article describes the development of the Norwegian Historical Population Register, which is the first open national register. In the period 1735–1964, 9.7 million people lived in Norway, and for them 37.5 million events (such as birth, death, or migration) have been recorded in sources. We link together as many events as possible for the same persons and families, but only include links that have a high probability of being correct. The linking is performed by automatic methods and crowdsourcing. A national population register is important for migration research. It allows us to reconstruct (stepwise) internal migration in Norway, frequently followed by international migration from Norway, as well as return migration to Norway. Many non-Norwegian sources also specify place of birth by country, and this makes it possible to identify individuals in Norwegian sources.

The International Migration Review at 50: Reflecting on Half a Century of International Migration Research and Looking Ahead

2014 ◽  
Vol 48 (1_suppl) ◽  
pp. 3-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Lee ◽  
Jørgen Carling ◽  
Pia Orrenius
Keyword(s):  
International Migration ◽  
50Th Anniversary ◽  
The Body ◽  
International Migration Review ◽  
Migration Research ◽  
Look Ahead ◽  
Research Themes ◽  
Anniversary Issue ◽  
Policy Agendas ◽  
And Migration

When the International Migration Review was established half a century ago, international migration was a peripheral area of research, and migration issues were far less prominent on policy agendas than they are today. This essay introduces the 50th Anniversary Issue of the International Migration Review and begins by identifying seven main areas of change in migration research and migration trends during the journal's lifetime. Subsequently, we examine changes in the geographical distribution of authorship of IMR articles. We also explore the IMR's current positioning in the scientific landscape by analyzing citation relationships with other journals. The ten articles that make up the body of the special issue seek to advance the research frontier on international migration, covering diverse areas of the IMR's thematic scope. We account for how the papers were selected and present each one. In the final section of the article, we look ahead and suggest new frontiers in international migration research. Among the research themes that we foresee as increasingly important are connections between migration and inequality, and the growth of migration flows that are driven by humanitarian crises, but not accommodated by the international refugee regime.

scholarly journals The role of psychologists in international migration research: Complementing other expertise and an interdisciplinary way forward

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seth J Schwartz ◽  
Sophie D Walsh ◽  
Colleen Ward ◽  
Eugene Tartakovsky ◽  
Robert S Weisskirch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Science ◽  
International Migration ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Research Note ◽  
Levels Of Analysis ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Migration Research

Abstract This research note addresses the current and potential future role of psychologists in the study of international migration. We review ways in which psychologists have contributed to the study of migration, as well as ways in which psychological scholarship could be integrated with work from other social science fields. Broadly, we discuss four major contributions that psychology brings to the study of international migration—studying migrants’ internal psychological experiences, incorporating a developmental perspective, conducting experimental studies, and integrating across levels of analysis. Given the position of psychology as a ‘hub science’ connecting more traditional social sciences with health and medical sciences, we argue for a more prominent role for psychologists within the study of international migration. Such a role is intended to complement the roles of other social scientists and to create a more interdisciplinary way forward for the field of migration studies. The research note concludes with an agenda for further scholarship on migration.

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