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Abstract
"Analyzing the location choices of the post-1964 U.S. immigrants results in three main findings: (1) these immigrants are more geographically concentrated than natives of the same age and ethnicity and reside in cities with large ethnic populations; (2) education plays a key role in location choice, reducing geographic concentration and the likelihood of being in cities with a high concentration of fellow countrymen and increasing the probability of changing locations after arrival in the United States; (3) internal migration within the United States occurs more frequently among immigrants than natives and facilitates the process of assimilation for the more educated individuals." excerptKeywords: Americas; Cultural Background; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Education; Ethnic Groups; Geographic Factors; International Migration; Migrants; Migration; Migration, Internal; North America; Northern America; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Spatial Distribution; United States
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Year: 1989 PMID: 12283454 DOI: 10.1086/298213
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Labor Econ ISSN: 0734-306X