Affecting Lives
How Winning the US Diversity Visa Lottery Impacts DV Migrants Pre‐ and Post‐Migration
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9953935 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Onoso Imoagene (0009-0007-4399-2301, University of Pennsylvania, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 170-183 |
| Publication date | 2017-07-06 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Migration (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7985 • E-ISSN: 1468-2435 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/imig.12359 |
| OpenAlex | W2731964416 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 13 |
Usual debates about the diversity visa ( DV ) programme revolve around the impact of DV initiated mass migration on African countries’ development, on whether the programme sufficiently diversifies U.S. immigrant streams, and on whether there is a tradeoff in immigrant quality for diversity. This article seeks to extend the focus of these debates by examining the impact of the diversity visa programme on DV migrants at the micro‐level pre‐ and post‐migration. Based on in‐depth interviews with sixty‐one diversity visa lottery winners from Ghana and Nigeria, the article examines how this immigration policy has become a contextual determinant of immigrant incorporation. It argues that an account of the impact of immigration policies on immigrants pre‐ and post‐migration must be added to theorization of state agency in shaping migration flows. It concludes with a discussion on ways the diversity visa programme can be modified to facilitate incorporation of DV migrants in the United States
Agency (philosophy · Demographic economics · Diversity (politics · Economics · Immigration · Immigration policy · Lottery · Mass migration · Political science · Social science · Sociology · State (computer science · Employment and Welfare Studies · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration
The Long-Term Impacts of International Migration
A Nation by Design
Surveying Migrant Households
Immigrant America
Lived Experiences of Diversity Visa Lottery Immigrants in the United States
Occupational Mobility among Legal Immigrants to the United States
What Explains the Increasing Trend in African Emigration to the U.S
Economic Theory and International Migration
Wiping the Refugee Dust from My Feet”
The U.S. Diversity Visa Programme and the Transfer of Skills from Africa
The Economic Consequences of ‘Brain Drain’ of the Best and Brightest
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2025 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |