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International Migration

International Migration is a demographic process involving the geographical relocation of individuals across national borders, distinguished from internal migration by the crossing of sovereign state boundaries and its implications for population distribution, economic integration, and policy governance in the context of global mobility.

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A theory of migration

Everett S. Lee · Demography · 1966 · 4.3K citations · Full text

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The Costs and Returns of Human Migration

Larry A. Sjaastad · Journal of Political Economy · 1962 · 3.1K citations

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The Laws of Migration

E. G. Ravenstein · Journal of the Statistical Society of London · 1885 · 2.9K citations

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Conceptualizing Simultaneity: A Transnational Social Field Perspective on Society

Peggy Levitt, Nina Glick Schiller · International Migration Review · 2004 · 2.7K citations

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Servants of Globalization: Women, Migration, and Domestic Work

Ernestine Avila, Rhacel Salazar Parreñas · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 2002 · 2.5K citations

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Authors

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  1. DS
    Douglas S. Massey

    Princeton University, United States

    53 publications · 11.9K citations

    42

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  2. RK
    Russell King

    University of Sussex, United Kingdom

    73 publications · 7.3K citations

    41

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  3. HD
    Hein de Haas

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    54 publications · 11.1K citations

    38

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  4. GH
    Graeme Hugo

    The University of Adelaide, Australia

    64 publications · 4.9K citations

    35

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  5. FD
    Fredérić Docquier

    UCLouvain, Belgium

    59 publications · 7K citations

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Institutions

3.8K

  1. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    74 h-index

    249 publications

    26.8K citations

  2. IZA - Institute of Labor Economics

    Bonn, Germany

    65 h-index

    446 publications

    19.9K citations

  3. University of Sussex

    Brighton, United Kingdom

    63 h-index

    213 publications

    19.5K citations

  4. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    48 h-index

    132 publications

    12.8K citations

  5. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    48 h-index

    152 publications

    14.4K citations

  6. National University of Singapore

    Singapore, Singapore

    46 h-index

    182 publications

    11.5K citations

  7. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    43 h-index

    95 publications

    10.1K citations

  8. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    42 h-index

    90 publications

    7.4K citations

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Venues

  1. International Migration Review

    IMR · 654 publications · 55.8K citations

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  2. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

    JEMS · 478 publications · 36.7K citations

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  3. International Migration

    442 publications · 23.8K citations

    76

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  4. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 186 publications · 21K citations

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  5. Population Space and Place

    221 publications · 13.7K citations

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