Erin Trouth Hofmann
Biographic Data
| ID | 667665 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Erin Trouth Hofmann |
| GIVEN NAMES | Erin Trouth |
| FAMILY NAME | Hofmann |
| SIGNATURE | HOFMANN E T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Utah State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0985-5008 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 75 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
The underutilized role of immigrant-serving community organizations in addressing environmental injustice
Utah’s Wasatch Front is a growing metropolitan area facing looming environmental challenges, including poor air quality that is exacerbated by the rapid desiccation of Great Salt Lake. Immigrant populations are disproportionately exposed to air pollution in the region, a result of structural forces that lead to environmental injustice. We examine the role of immigrant-serving community organizations in mitigating these disproportionate risks. Via…
Gaps and Opportunities in Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research Training
Training in responsible and ethical conduct of research (RECR) is essential for fostering a strong research culture. We surveyed faculty, students, and research staff at R1/R2 and primarily undergraduate institutions (PUIs) to assess practices in mentoring, administrative support, grant writing, and project management. While many institutions provide formal education in research ethics and grant writing, major gaps persist in mentoring, grant imp…
Who Returned During the Pandemic? Migration Strategies Among Kyrgyz Labor Migrants in Russia
The Russia‐Central Asia migration system was among the most strongly affected migration systems in the COVID‐19 pandemic. To understand how migrants made decisions in this unusual situation and how their strategies were influenced by gender, marriage, employment, and other factors, we analysed interviews with 36 labor migrants in Kyrgyzstan. Women, including those who were previously interested in long‐term migration, were most interested in retu…
Demographic and Economic Implications of Alternative U.S. Immigration Policies
Due to the United States’ decades-long stalemate in federal immigration policy-making, major institutional forecasts of the U.S. population have not included assumptions about changes in immigration policy. However, the 2016 election of President Donald Trump and the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated just how much policy shifts can affect immigration flows, with substantial implications for the country’s demographic future. We created national-level…
Bride kidnapping and gendered labor migration
Because the decision to migrate is a product of gendered negotiations within households, households formed through forced marriage may have different migration strategies than households formed through voluntary marriage. In Kyrgyzstan, we anticipate two possible effects of the traditional practice of bride kidnapping on migration. Households headed by a kidnap couple may be more cohesive and patriarchal, facilitating men's labor migration and re…
Gender, Family, and Community Attachment in a New Destination
Population, immigration, and air quality in the USA
Immigration and environment in the U.S
Environmental consequences are frequently cited as a justification for restricting immigration to the United States, but there is little empirical research on the environmental consequences of immigration to support such arguments. The research that does exist shows immigration to be less environmentally harmful than native population growth, but is hampered by small samples and fails to account for spatial autocorrelation of air quality. We use …
Geographic Variation in Sex Ratios of the US Immigrant Population
State Immigration Policies
US states are active in enacting immigration policies, which vary widely and have substantial impact on the lives of immigrants. Our understanding of what produces these divergent state laws remains limited. Qualitative research demonstrates the importance of a 2010 immigration compact, supported by a powerful religious organization, in shaping immigration policies in Utah, and the Utah Compact was held up as a model for other states. But is the …
Labor market integration of returned educational migrants in Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan has experienced increasing educational migration, and many of these students hope to return home after graduating. The ability of returned migrants to succeed in Turkmenistan’s labor market is complicated by a variety of factors, including variation in educational quality across countries, intrusive state regulation of foreign education, and Turkmenistan’s large informal sector. Based on a survey of 98 Turkmen citizens, this study co…
The Influence of Hispanic Ethnicity and Nativity Status on 2009 H1N1 Pandemic Vaccination Uptake in the United States
Who goes to Russia? Understanding gendered migration patterns
Because of its relatively recent emergence as an international migrant destination, the Russian Federation provides an interesting context to examine when and how migrant flows “masculinize” or “feminize.” While recent migration to Russia appears to be male-dominated, the sex composition of registered migrant flows has varied substantially throughout the post-Soviet period, and there is significant variation in the sex composition of flows from d…
Policy Streams and Immigration to Russia
This article uses Kingdon's Multiple Streams Framework to explain forms of national‐ and region‐level governance used in the Russian Federation to manage unprecedented levels of international immigration. First, we identify the ways that the Russian federal government has legislated and governed international migration from 1991 through 2010. We then compare the federal level to the case of the Krasnodar region, an ethnically diverse region in th…
Choosing Your Country
Existing literature demonstrates that social networks play a key role in international migrants' selection of destinations. But how do such networks begin? The Republic of Georgia is an example of a country from which migrants travel to many different destination countries, most of which had no Georgian population before the collapse of the Soviet Union. This paper uses a combination of nationally representative survey data and semi-structured in…
Does Gender Ideology Matter in Migration
This article analyzes how patriarchal gender ideology, economic imperatives, and individual agency influence men's and women's migration decisions in the Republic of Georgia. Research on labor migration demonstrates both the empowering potential of migration for women and the tenacity of patriarchal norms and structures. These contradictory findings can be explained in part by differences in the households of origin of female migrants. Drawing on…
Global Changes and Gendered Responses
While frequently discussed, the feminization of migration remains among the least understood trends in migration literature. Existing research links feminization of migration to socioeconomic change in migrant origin countries, changes in destination-country labor markets, structural factors, and changing social attitudes. However, questions of how the feminization of migration begins and how it becomes socially institutionalized remain largely u…
Are Remittances an Effective Mechanism for Development? Evidence from Tajikistan, 1999–2007
In many remittance-receiving countries, evidence linking remittances to household economic stability and investment is limited. Using three cross-sectional national surveys (1999, 2003, 2007) we compare remittance-receiving to non-remittance households in Tajikistan, a country highly dependent on remittances. Exploring household perceptions of financial security, wealth and entrepreneurial activity, across a period of rising remittance reliance, …
The Burden of Culture? Health Outcomes Among Immigrants from the Former Soviet Union in the United States
Cultural Responses to Changing Gender Patterns of Migration in Georgia
In this paper, we explore how individual women cope with the tensions between economic forces encouraging temporary labour migration and cultural norms tying “proper” women to their homes and families. Combining in‐depth interviews with returned migrant women in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi with secondary migration data for the region, we illustrate the recent increases in Georgian women’s participation in international labour migration. Deter…
Does nativity matter
The Russian Federation has experienced simultaneous declines in health and rises in international migration. Guided by the â healthy migrant effectâ found elsewhere, we examine two questions. First, do the foreign-born in the Russian Federation exhibit
Does Gender Ideology Matter in Migration
This article analyzes how patriarchal gender ideology, economic imperatives, and individual agency influence men's and women's migration decisions in the Republic of Georgia. Research on labor migration demonstrates both the empowering potential of migration for women and the tenacity of patriarchal norms and structures. These contradictory findings can be explained in part by differences in the households of origin of female migrants. Drawing on…
Global Changes and Gendered Responses
While frequently discussed, the feminization of migration remains among the least understood trends in migration literature. Existing research links feminization of migration to socioeconomic change in migrant origin countries, changes in destination-country labor markets, structural factors, and changing social attitudes. However, questions of how the feminization of migration begins and how it becomes socially institutionalized remain largely u…
Cultural Responses to Changing Gender Patterns of Migration in Georgia
In this paper, we explore how individual women cope with the tensions between economic forces encouraging temporary labour migration and cultural norms tying “proper” women to their homes and families. Combining in‐depth interviews with returned migrant women in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi with secondary migration data for the region, we illustrate the recent increases in Georgian women’s participation in international labour migration. Deter…
Immigration and environment in the U.S
Environmental consequences are frequently cited as a justification for restricting immigration to the United States, but there is little empirical research on the environmental consequences of immigration to support such arguments. The research that does exist shows immigration to be less environmentally harmful than native population growth, but is hampered by small samples and fails to account for spatial autocorrelation of air quality. We use …
Who goes to Russia? Understanding gendered migration patterns
Because of its relatively recent emergence as an international migrant destination, the Russian Federation provides an interesting context to examine when and how migrant flows “masculinize” or “feminize.” While recent migration to Russia appears to be male-dominated, the sex composition of registered migrant flows has varied substantially throughout the post-Soviet period, and there is significant variation in the sex composition of flows from d…
Bride kidnapping and gendered labor migration
Because the decision to migrate is a product of gendered negotiations within households, households formed through forced marriage may have different migration strategies than households formed through voluntary marriage. In Kyrgyzstan, we anticipate two possible effects of the traditional practice of bride kidnapping on migration. Households headed by a kidnap couple may be more cohesive and patriarchal, facilitating men's labor migration and re…
Choosing Your Country
Existing literature demonstrates that social networks play a key role in international migrants' selection of destinations. But how do such networks begin? The Republic of Georgia is an example of a country from which migrants travel to many different destination countries, most of which had no Georgian population before the collapse of the Soviet Union. This paper uses a combination of nationally representative survey data and semi-structured in…
Does nativity matter
The Russian Federation has experienced simultaneous declines in health and rises in international migration. Guided by the â healthy migrant effectâ found elsewhere, we examine two questions. First, do the foreign-born in the Russian Federation exhibit
Geographic Variation in Sex Ratios of the US Immigrant Population
Labor market integration of returned educational migrants in Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan has experienced increasing educational migration, and many of these students hope to return home after graduating. The ability of returned migrants to succeed in Turkmenistan’s labor market is complicated by a variety of factors, including variation in educational quality across countries, intrusive state regulation of foreign education, and Turkmenistan’s large informal sector. Based on a survey of 98 Turkmen citizens, this study co…
Policy Streams and Immigration to Russia
This article uses Kingdon's Multiple Streams Framework to explain forms of national‐ and region‐level governance used in the Russian Federation to manage unprecedented levels of international immigration. First, we identify the ways that the Russian federal government has legislated and governed international migration from 1991 through 2010. We then compare the federal level to the case of the Krasnodar region, an ethnically diverse region in th…
Population, immigration, and air quality in the USA
State Immigration Policies
US states are active in enacting immigration policies, which vary widely and have substantial impact on the lives of immigrants. Our understanding of what produces these divergent state laws remains limited. Qualitative research demonstrates the importance of a 2010 immigration compact, supported by a powerful religious organization, in shaping immigration policies in Utah, and the Utah Compact was held up as a model for other states. But is the …
The Burden of Culture? Health Outcomes Among Immigrants from the Former Soviet Union in the United States
Cultural Responses to Changing Gender Patterns of Migration in Georgia
In this paper, we explore how individual women cope with the tensions between economic forces encouraging temporary labour migration and cultural norms tying “proper” women to their homes and families. Combining in‐depth interviews with returned migrant women in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi with secondary migration data for the region, we illustrate the recent increases in Georgian women’s participation in international labour migration. Deter…
Does nativity matter
The Russian Federation has experienced simultaneous declines in health and rises in international migration. Guided by the â healthy migrant effectâ found elsewhere, we examine two questions. First, do the foreign-born in the Russian Federation exhibit
Are Remittances an Effective Mechanism for Development? Evidence from Tajikistan, 1999–2007
In many remittance-receiving countries, evidence linking remittances to household economic stability and investment is limited. Using three cross-sectional national surveys (1999, 2003, 2007) we compare remittance-receiving to non-remittance households in Tajikistan, a country highly dependent on remittances. Exploring household perceptions of financial security, wealth and entrepreneurial activity, across a period of rising remittance reliance, …
Global Changes and Gendered Responses
While frequently discussed, the feminization of migration remains among the least understood trends in migration literature. Existing research links feminization of migration to socioeconomic change in migrant origin countries, changes in destination-country labor markets, structural factors, and changing social attitudes. However, questions of how the feminization of migration begins and how it becomes socially institutionalized remain largely u…
Does Gender Ideology Matter in Migration
This article analyzes how patriarchal gender ideology, economic imperatives, and individual agency influence men's and women's migration decisions in the Republic of Georgia. Research on labor migration demonstrates both the empowering potential of migration for women and the tenacity of patriarchal norms and structures. These contradictory findings can be explained in part by differences in the households of origin of female migrants. Drawing on…
Policy Streams and Immigration to Russia
This article uses Kingdon's Multiple Streams Framework to explain forms of national‐ and region‐level governance used in the Russian Federation to manage unprecedented levels of international immigration. First, we identify the ways that the Russian federal government has legislated and governed international migration from 1991 through 2010. We then compare the federal level to the case of the Krasnodar region, an ethnically diverse region in th…
Choosing Your Country
Existing literature demonstrates that social networks play a key role in international migrants' selection of destinations. But how do such networks begin? The Republic of Georgia is an example of a country from which migrants travel to many different destination countries, most of which had no Georgian population before the collapse of the Soviet Union. This paper uses a combination of nationally representative survey data and semi-structured in…
The Influence of Hispanic Ethnicity and Nativity Status on 2009 H1N1 Pandemic Vaccination Uptake in the United States
Who goes to Russia? Understanding gendered migration patterns
Because of its relatively recent emergence as an international migrant destination, the Russian Federation provides an interesting context to examine when and how migrant flows “masculinize” or “feminize.” While recent migration to Russia appears to be male-dominated, the sex composition of registered migrant flows has varied substantially throughout the post-Soviet period, and there is significant variation in the sex composition of flows from d…
Immigration and environment in the U.S
Environmental consequences are frequently cited as a justification for restricting immigration to the United States, but there is little empirical research on the environmental consequences of immigration to support such arguments. The research that does exist shows immigration to be less environmentally harmful than native population growth, but is hampered by small samples and fails to account for spatial autocorrelation of air quality. We use …
Geographic Variation in Sex Ratios of the US Immigrant Population
State Immigration Policies
US states are active in enacting immigration policies, which vary widely and have substantial impact on the lives of immigrants. Our understanding of what produces these divergent state laws remains limited. Qualitative research demonstrates the importance of a 2010 immigration compact, supported by a powerful religious organization, in shaping immigration policies in Utah, and the Utah Compact was held up as a model for other states. But is the …
Labor market integration of returned educational migrants in Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan has experienced increasing educational migration, and many of these students hope to return home after graduating. The ability of returned migrants to succeed in Turkmenistan’s labor market is complicated by a variety of factors, including variation in educational quality across countries, intrusive state regulation of foreign education, and Turkmenistan’s large informal sector. Based on a survey of 98 Turkmen citizens, this study co…
Gender, Family, and Community Attachment in a New Destination
Population, immigration, and air quality in the USA
Bride kidnapping and gendered labor migration
Because the decision to migrate is a product of gendered negotiations within households, households formed through forced marriage may have different migration strategies than households formed through voluntary marriage. In Kyrgyzstan, we anticipate two possible effects of the traditional practice of bride kidnapping on migration. Households headed by a kidnap couple may be more cohesive and patriarchal, facilitating men's labor migration and re…
Demographic and Economic Implications of Alternative U.S. Immigration Policies
Due to the United States’ decades-long stalemate in federal immigration policy-making, major institutional forecasts of the U.S. population have not included assumptions about changes in immigration policy. However, the 2016 election of President Donald Trump and the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated just how much policy shifts can affect immigration flows, with substantial implications for the country’s demographic future. We created national-level…
The underutilized role of immigrant-serving community organizations in addressing environmental injustice
Utah’s Wasatch Front is a growing metropolitan area facing looming environmental challenges, including poor air quality that is exacerbated by the rapid desiccation of Great Salt Lake. Immigrant populations are disproportionately exposed to air pollution in the region, a result of structural forces that lead to environmental injustice. We examine the role of immigrant-serving community organizations in mitigating these disproportionate risks. Via…
Gaps and Opportunities in Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research Training
Training in responsible and ethical conduct of research (RECR) is essential for fostering a strong research culture. We surveyed faculty, students, and research staff at R1/R2 and primarily undergraduate institutions (PUIs) to assess practices in mentoring, administrative support, grant writing, and project management. While many institutions provide formal education in research ethics and grant writing, major gaps persist in mentoring, grant imp…
Who Returned During the Pandemic? Migration Strategies Among Kyrgyz Labor Migrants in Russia
The Russia‐Central Asia migration system was among the most strongly affected migration systems in the COVID‐19 pandemic. To understand how migrants made decisions in this unusual situation and how their strategies were influenced by gender, marriage, employment, and other factors, we analysed interviews with 36 labor migrants in Kyrgyzstan. Women, including those who were previously interested in long‐term migration, were most interested in retu…
Migration and Labor Dynamics (13 works) · Political science (13 works) · Economics (12 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Demographic economics (10 works) · Population (9 works) · Geography (8 works) · Immigration (8 works) · Demography (7 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (6 works)