Chiara Capoferro
Biographic Data
| ID | 5750484 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Chiara Capoferro |
| GIVEN NAMES | Chiara |
| FAMILY NAME | Capoferro |
| SIGNATURE | CAPOFERRO C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Princeton University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 113 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
International Migration and Gender in Latin America: A Comparative Analysis
We review census data to assess the standing of five Latin American nations on a gender continuum ranging from patriarchal to matrifocal. We show that Mexico and Costa Rica lie close to one another with a highly patriarchal system of gender relations whereas Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic are similar in having a matrifocal system. Puerto Rico occupies a middle position, blending characteristics of both systems. These differences yield diffe…
Sálvese Quien Pueda: Structural Adjustment and Emigration from Lima
Beginning in 1987, Peru imposed a regime of structural adjustment to transform its economy along neoliberal lines. This analysis suggests that a shift resulted in the odds of international migration and the motivations for leaving among inhabitants of Peru’s largest labor market. Before 1987, under the regime of import substitution industrialization, jobs at wages capable of sustaining a basic standard of living were widely available; those few w…
Measuring Undocumented Migration
This article reviews standard sources of demographic data-censuses, intercensal surveys, registration systems, and specialized surveys and describes their inability to provide accurate data on immigrants, particularly those without documents. We discern a need for data that can identify undocumented migrants and their characteristics, measure trends over time, support longitudinal research, compare the characteristics of migrants before and after…
Financial Assistance From Middle-Aged Couples to Parents and Children: Racial-Ethnic Differences
Future research on transfers should attempt to capture unmeasured noneconomic sources of variation proxied by the race-ethnicity indicator
International Migration and Gender in Latin America: A Comparative Analysis
We review census data to assess the standing of five Latin American nations on a gender continuum ranging from patriarchal to matrifocal. We show that Mexico and Costa Rica lie close to one another with a highly patriarchal system of gender relations whereas Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic are similar in having a matrifocal system. Puerto Rico occupies a middle position, blending characteristics of both systems. These differences yield diffe…
Measuring Undocumented Migration
This article reviews standard sources of demographic data-censuses, intercensal surveys, registration systems, and specialized surveys and describes their inability to provide accurate data on immigrants, particularly those without documents. We discern a need for data that can identify undocumented migrants and their characteristics, measure trends over time, support longitudinal research, compare the characteristics of migrants before and after…
Sálvese Quien Pueda: Structural Adjustment and Emigration from Lima
Beginning in 1987, Peru imposed a regime of structural adjustment to transform its economy along neoliberal lines. This analysis suggests that a shift resulted in the odds of international migration and the motivations for leaving among inhabitants of Peru’s largest labor market. Before 1987, under the regime of import substitution industrialization, jobs at wages capable of sustaining a basic standard of living were widely available; those few w…
Financial Assistance From Middle-Aged Couples to Parents and Children: Racial-Ethnic Differences
Future research on transfers should attempt to capture unmeasured noneconomic sources of variation proxied by the race-ethnicity indicator
Financial Assistance From Middle-Aged Couples to Parents and Children: Racial-Ethnic Differences
Future research on transfers should attempt to capture unmeasured noneconomic sources of variation proxied by the race-ethnicity indicator
Measuring Undocumented Migration
This article reviews standard sources of demographic data-censuses, intercensal surveys, registration systems, and specialized surveys and describes their inability to provide accurate data on immigrants, particularly those without documents. We discern a need for data that can identify undocumented migrants and their characteristics, measure trends over time, support longitudinal research, compare the characteristics of migrants before and after…
International Migration and Gender in Latin America: A Comparative Analysis
We review census data to assess the standing of five Latin American nations on a gender continuum ranging from patriarchal to matrifocal. We show that Mexico and Costa Rica lie close to one another with a highly patriarchal system of gender relations whereas Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic are similar in having a matrifocal system. Puerto Rico occupies a middle position, blending characteristics of both systems. These differences yield diffe…
Sálvese Quien Pueda: Structural Adjustment and Emigration from Lima
Beginning in 1987, Peru imposed a regime of structural adjustment to transform its economy along neoliberal lines. This analysis suggests that a shift resulted in the odds of international migration and the motivations for leaving among inhabitants of Peru’s largest labor market. Before 1987, under the regime of import substitution industrialization, jobs at wages capable of sustaining a basic standard of living were widely available; those few w…
Demographic economics (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Demography (2 works) · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Population (2 works)