The Potential and Limitations of Cross-Context Comparative Research on Migration
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5741399 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Fernando Riosmena (0000-0003-2865-6282, United States Congress, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 666 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 28-45 |
| Publication date | 2016-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0002716216650629 |
| PMID | 29093598 |
| OpenAlex | W2440222743 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 94 |
This article discusses major methodological challenges in the comparative study of the drivers of international mobility (between different times and places) when using household surveys. Noting the difference between the study of coterminous and stage-specific drivers of migration, I highlight the problems of obtaining data with adequate representation across periods and geographies, which are pressing for all social science research but especially for cross-local comparative endeavors. I discuss the advantages and drawbacks of a broad constellation of prospective and retrospective approaches, paying particular attention to the migration ethnosurvey. After briefly describing the general commonalities and differences of ethnosurvey approaches adopted around the world, I suggest how post hoc case selection and other adjustments can help to ameliorate retrospective biases and comparability problems. I conclude with ideas on a priori case selection that can help to bolster comparative migration studies
Comparability · Comparative case · Comparative politics · Comparative research · Context (archaeology) · Data science · Economics · Geography · Management science · Operations research · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Regional science · Representation (politics) · Selection (genetic algorithm) · Social science · Sociology · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Engineering · Law · Mathematics · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
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Gendered and Stratified Family Formation Trajectories in the Context of Latin American Migration, 1950 to 2000
Does Parental Migration During Childhood Affect Children's Lifetime Educational Attainment? Evidence From Mexico
Temporary Workers in the United States and Canada
Worlds in Motion Redux? Expanding Migration Theories and Their Interconnections
Prospects for the comparative study of international migration using quasi-longitudinal micro-data
Remembrances of Things Past
Patterns of U.S. Migration from Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central America
Engendering migrant networks
Beyond Smoke and Mirrors
Return to Aztlan
Culling the Masses
Creative State
The Indirect Estimation of Migration
The age of mass migration
Between Two Islands
The Age of Mass Migration Causes and Economic Impact
Explaining U.S. Immigration, 1971–1998
Self-selection, earnings, and out-migration
Shorter Stay, Longer Life
Migration stage and household income inequality
What Explains Emigration Out of Latin America
Network effects and the dynamics of migration and inequality
Self-selection among undocumented immigrants from Mexico
The Impact of Rainfall on the First Out-Migration
Rainfall Patterns and U.S. Migration from Rural Mexico
Labor Migration between Developing Countries
Local Economic Opportunity and the Competing Risks of Internal and U.S. Migration in Zacatecas, Mexico
Current Trends and Patterns of Female Migration
A Manifesto for Quantitative Multi-sited Approaches to International Migration
The Effect of Rainfall on Migration from Mexico to the United States
A Validation of the Ethnosurvey
Processes of Internal and International Migration from Chitwan, Nepal
Reunifying versus Living Apart Together across Borders
Understanding Transnational Labour Market Trajectories of African-European Migrants
Land Ownership as a Determinant of International and Internal Migration in Mexico and Internal Migration in Thailand
A Validation of the Ethnosurvey
Migration and Development
Pathways into Irregular Status among Senegalese Migrants in Europe
Measuring Undocumented Migration
Gender Differences in the Role of Migrant Networks
Who forgets? An analysis of memory effects in a retrospective survey on migration history
Do Rainfall Deficits Predict U.S.-Bound Migration from Rural Mexico? Evidence from the Mexican Census
Drawing Causal Inferences Using Propensity Scores
The Consequences of Migration to the United States for Short-Term Changes in the Health of Mexican Immigrants
Coming to stay
How Job Characteristics Affect International Migration
The limits to cumulative causation
Explaining the Decline in Mexico-U.S. Migration
Stemming the tide? Assessing the deterrent effects of the immigration reform and control act
Two Sources of Error in Data on Migration From Mexico to the United States in Mexican Household-Based Surveys
Environmental Influences on Human Migration in Rural Ecuador
Economic opportunity in mexico and return migration from the United States
Return Migration to Mexico
Migration and Father Absence
Migrant Networks and International Migration
Socioeconomic context and the association between marriage and Mexico–U.S. migration
Household Composition, Family Migration, and Community Context
International Migration and Gender in Latin America
Sálvese Quien Pueda
Undocumented Migration from Latin America in an Era of Rising U.S. Enforcement
U.S. Migration from Latin America
Pioneers and Followers
Discovering Diverse Mechanisms of Migration
Ambivalent Journey
Intergenerational consequences of migration
What's Driving Mexico-U.S. Migration? A Theoretical, Empirical, and Policy Analysis
Ambivalent Journey
The Ethnosurvey in Theory and Practice
Migration and Development
Migration in the Americas
Determinants of Emigration
Policy Shocks
Search of Peace
Different but the Same
The Cumulative Causation of International Migration in Latin America
A Prospective on Zelinsky's Hypothesis of the Mobility Transition
The Hypothesis of the Mobility Transition
Migration within China and from China to the USA
Development Strategy, Employment and Migration
The New Immigration and Ethnicity in the United States
Identities in motion
Creative State
Politics or Economics? International Migration during the Nicaraguan Contra War
Border Enforcement and Return Migration by Documented and Undocumented Mexicans
Sampling international migrants with origin-based snowballing method
Reframing the Migration Question
Participatory Survey Research
Social Capital and the Dynamics of Temporary Labour Migration from Poland to Germany
Cumulative Causation, Market Transition, and Emigration from China
Social Capital and International Migration
Continuities in Transnational Migration
A comparativist manifesto for international migration studies
| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 0,6 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2024 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |