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Familial Migration

Familial Migration is a demographic and sociocultural phenomenon in which the movement of individuals across national or regional boundaries is primarily driven by, and organized around, kinship ties, distinguishing it from economically or politically motivated migration by centering family reunification and intergenerational solidarity as the principal migratory impetus.

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41

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2017–2026

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Variants

Family Migration

Parents

Publications

39

New Kid in Town: Social Capital and the Life Course Effects of Family Migration on Children

John Hagan, Ross Macmillan, Blair Wheaton · American Sociological Review · 1996 · 458 citations

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Long-Run Convergence of Ethnic Skill Differentials: The Children and Grandchildren of the Great Migration

George J. Borjas · Industrial and Labor Relations Review · 1994 · 208 citations

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The Effects of Family Disruption on Social Mobility

Timothy J. Biblarz, Adrian E. Raftery · American Sociological Review · 1993 · 176 citations

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Family migration and mobility sequences in the United States

William A. V. Clark, Suzanne Davies Withers · Demographic Research · 2007 · 172 citations · Full text

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Real and Ideal Extended Familism Among Mexican Americans and Anglo Americans: On the Meaning of "Close" Family Ties

Susan Emley Keefe · Human Organization · 1984 · 158 citations

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Authors

59

  1. GJ
    George J. Borjas

    National Bureau of Economic Research, United States

    2 publications · 270 citations

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  2. BW
    Blair Wheaton

    University of Toronto, Canada

    1 publications · 458 citations

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  3. JQ
    Joanna Q. Liu

    McGill University, Canada

    1 publications · 37 citations

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  4. FO
    Fousek

    1 publications · 27 citations

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  5. LC
    L.J. Castro

    International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria

    1 publications · 15 citations

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Institutions

41

  1. Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris

    Paris, France

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    36 citations

  2. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  3. London School of Business and Finance

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    37 citations

  4. University of South Carolina

    Columbia, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    76 citations

  5. Nord University

    Bodø, Norway

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    17 citations

  6. University of Hong Kong

    Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    28 citations

  7. Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University

    Bolu, Türkiye

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    25 citations

  8. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    172 citations

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Venues

  1. Demography

    2 publications · 42 citations

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  2. Ethnic and Racial Studies

    2 publications · 80 citations

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  3. American Sociological Review

    ASR · 2 publications · 634 citations

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  4. Journal of Marriage and the Family

    2 publications · 124 citations

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  5. Industrial and Labor Relations Review

    2 publications · 270 citations

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