Family size and structure

Family size and structure are micro-level migration drivers that encourage and facilitate migration of some family members to diversify household risk and maximise household income as well as discourage and constrain migration for other family members.

Key studies include Oded & Levhari (1982) on the new economics of labour migration and migration as risk diversification; Gubhaju & De Jong (2009) for quantitative evidence on the importance of individual and household considerations in migration decision-making; and De Jong (2000) on family structure and migration intentions.

Studies listed under this migration driver often refer to the new economics of labour migration (NELM), risk diversification, life cycle factors, and the dynamics of single and dual-earner households.

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The New Economics of Labour Migration and the Role of Remittances in the Migration Process

Authors JE Taylor
Year 1999
Journal Name International Migration
Citations (WoS) 357
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1 Journal Article

‘Falling Leaves Return To Their Roots’: Taiwanese‐Americans Consider Return Migration

Authors Suzanne Model
Year 2015
Journal Name Population, Space and Place
Citations (WoS) 1
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2 Journal Article

Remain or return? Return migration intentions of Brazilian immigrants in Japan

Authors Yoshimi Chitose
Year 2021
Journal Name International Migration
Citations (WoS) 1
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3 Journal Article

Determinants of rural out-migration in Ethiopia: Who stays and who goes?

Authors Atsede Desta Tegegne, M Penker
Year 2016
Journal Name Demographic Research
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4 Journal Article

Labour Migration

Authors Laura Oso, Paweł Kaczmarczyk, Justyna Salamońska
Year 2022
Book Title Introduction to Migration Studies
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6 Book Chapter

Development impacts of migration and remittances on migrant-sending communities: Evidence from Ethiopia

Authors Misgina Asmelash Redehegn, Dingqiang Sun, Aseres Mamo Eshete, ...
Year 2019
Journal Name PLOS ONE
Citations (WoS) 1
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7 Journal Article

Points of Departure: Geographical, Historical and Theoretical Contexts

Authors Alistair Hunter
Book Title Retirement Home? Ageing Migrant Workers in France and the Question of Return
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8 Book Chapter

New economics of transnational living

Authors Marta Bivand Erdal, Jørgen Carling
Year 2020
Journal Name Population, Space and Place
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9 Journal Article

The New Economics of Labor Migration

Authors Oded Stark, David E. Bloom
Year 1985
Journal Name The American Economic Review
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11 Journal Article

The new economics of the brain drain

Authors Oded Stark
Year 2005
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13 Working Paper

Beyond Economics: the Family, Belonging and Remittances among the Bangladeshi Migrants in Los Angeles

Authors Hasan Mahmud
Year 2021
Journal Name International Migration
Citations (WoS) 2
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14 Journal Article

Postwar Trends in Family Size

Authors Judith Treas
Year 1981
Journal Name Demography
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15 Journal Article

Policy Repercussions of 'The New Economics of the Brain Drain'

Authors Oded Stark
Journal Name SSRN Electronic Journal
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16 Journal Article

Determinants of family migration: short moves vs. long moves

Authors Satu Nivalainen
Year 2004
Journal Name Journal of Population Economics
Citations (WoS) 78
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17 Journal Article

Taking Apart the American Dream: The Influence of Income and Family Composition on Residential Evaluations

Authors Anne B. Shlay
Year 1986
Journal Name Urban Studies
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19 Journal Article

Losses and Gains to Developing Countries from the Migration of Educated Workers: An Overview of Recent Research, and New Reflections

Authors Oded STARK, Simon C. FAN
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This paper synthesizes and extends recent research on “The New Economics of the Brain Drain.” In a unified framework, the paper shows that while recently identified adverse repercussions of the brain drain exacerbate the long-recognized negative impact of the brain drain, longer-term consequences turn the brain drain into the harbinger of powerful gains. These gains have been studied already in recent research, or merit attention in future research.
Year 2007
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For a new economics of resettlement: a sociological critique of the compensation principle

Authors MM Cernea
Year 2003
Journal Name International Social Science Journal
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21 Journal Article

A Dynamic Analysis of Migration: An Assessment of the Effects of Age, Family and Career Variables

Authors Gary D. Sandefur, Wilbur J. Scott
Year 1981
Journal Name Demography
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22 Journal Article

Masculinity, Reproductive Labour, and Transnational Families

Authors Francesca Scrinzi, Ester Gallo
Book Title Migration, masculinities and reproductive labour : men of the home
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23 Book Chapter

Migration and Incomes in Source Communities: A New Economics of Migration Perspective from China

Authors J. Edward Taylor, Scott Rozelle, Alan de Brauw
Year 2003
Journal Name Economic Development and Cultural Change
Citations (WoS) 209
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24 Journal Article

INTRAGENERATIONAL INCOME MOBILITY IN GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN, 1925-94: BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER THE RISE OF THE WELFARE STATE

Authors Birgitta Jansson
Year 2014
Journal Name AUSTRALIAN ECONOMIC HISTORY REVIEW
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25 Journal Article

Causality Chains in the International Migration Systems Approach

Authors Roel Jennissen
Year 2007
Journal Name Population Research and Policy Review
Citations (WoS) 29
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26 Journal Article

Economic and cultural influences on the decision to leave home in Peninsular Malaysia

Authors RW Johnson, J DaVanzo
Year 1998
Journal Name Demography
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27 Journal Article

Transregional spouses, parents and children: How gender and family shape return migration in the French overseas

Authors Marine Haddad, Louise Caron
Year 2022
Journal Name Population, Space and Place
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28 Journal Article

Cooperation and coordination among siblings: Brothers' migration in France, 1870-1940

Authors Lionel Kesztenbaum
Year 2008
Journal Name HISTORY OF THE FAMILY
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29 Journal Article

Migration, Risk, and Uncertainty: Theoretical Perspectives

Authors Allan M. Williams, Vladimir Baláž
Year 2011
Journal Name Population, Space and Place
Citations (WoS) 51
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30 Journal Article

Racial differences in household wealth: Beyond Black and White

Authors Lori Ann Campbell, Robert L. Kaufman
Year 2006
Journal Name Research in Social Stratification and Mobility
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32 Journal Article

Conditional Cash Transfers and Migration: Reconciling Feminist Theoretical Approaches With the New Economics of Labor Migration

Authors Christina Hughes
Year 2021
Journal Name Demography
Citations (WoS) 3
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33 Journal Article

Comment on “Migration and Incomes in Source Communities: A New Economics of Migration Perspective from China”

Authors Oded Stark
Year 2005
Journal Name Economic Development and Cultural Change
Citations (WoS) 1
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34 Journal Article

Impact of Rural Out-Migration on Vulnerability to Rural Multidimensional Poverty in Southern Ethiopia

Authors Fassil Eshetu, Jema Haji, Mengistu Ketema, ...
Year 2022
Journal Name Journal of International Migration and Integration
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35 Journal Article

Comportements migratoires et cycles de vie

Authors Brigitte Baccaini
Year 1994
Journal Name Espace populations sociétés
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36 Journal Article

Housing and wealth inequality: Racial-ethnic differences in home equity in the United States

Authors Lauren J. Krivo, Robert L. Kaufman
Year 2004
Journal Name Demography
Citations (WoS) 100
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37 Journal Article

Living arrangements of widows in the United States and Israel, 1960 and 1961

Authors Albert Chevan, J. Henry Korson
Year 1975
Journal Name Demography
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38 Journal Article

Towards a Fuller Understanding of Residential Mobility: A Case Study in Northampton, England

Authors R T Coupe, B S Morgan
Year 1981
Journal Name Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space
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39 Journal Article

Undocumented Migration from Latin America in an Era of Rising US Enforcement

Authors Douglas S. Massey, Fernando Riosmena
Year 2010
Journal Name The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
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40 Journal Article

Rural Out-migration in the Drought Prone Areas of Ethiopia: A Multilevel Analysis

Authors Markos Ezra, Gebre-Egziabher Kiros
Year 2001
Journal Name International Migration Review
Citations (WoS) 71
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41 Journal Article

The effects of demographic factors, family background, and early job achievement on age at marriage

Authors Dennis P. Hogan
Year 1978
Journal Name Demography
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42 Journal Article

Sources of geographic mobility among professional workers: A multivariate analysis

Authors Jack Ladinsky
Year 1967
Journal Name Demography
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43 Journal Article

Economic Interactions of Migrants and Their Households of Origin: Are Women More Reliable Supporters?

Authors Keiko Osaki
Year 1999
Journal Name Asian and Pacific Migration Journal
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44 Journal Article

Life Cycle Rites in Worldview System of Buryat People (Material from Archive of S. P. Baldaev)

Authors Innokentii G. Aktamov, Zinaida A. Debenova
Year 2023
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45 Journal Article

Migration intentions and behavior: Decision making in a rural Philippine province

Authors Gordon F. De Jong, Brenda Davis Root, Robert W. Gardner, ...
Year 1985
Journal Name Population and Environment
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46 Journal Article

Theories of International Labor Migration: An Overview

Authors Charles W. Stahl
Year 1995
Journal Name Asian and Pacific Migration Journal
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47 Journal Article

The Determinants of Housing Tenure Choice in Ibadan, Nigeria

Authors Ben C. Arimah
Year 1997
Journal Name Urban Studies
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48 Journal Article

The birth of the stakeholder society

Authors Brian Burkitt, Frances Ashton
Year 1996
Journal Name Critical Social Policy
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49 Journal Article

Residential Mobility in a Changing Housing Market: the Case of Bucaramanga, Colombia

Authors Michael Edwards
Year 1983
Journal Name Urban Studies
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51 Journal Article

Real estate in the home country: Why Polish migrants keep properties in Poland

Authors Barbara Jancewicz, Barbara Jancewicz
Year 2023
Journal Name International Migration
Citations (WoS) 1
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52 Journal Article

Declining Segregation of Same-Sex Partners: Evidence from Census 2000 and 2010

Authors Amy L. Spring
Year 2013
Journal Name Population Research and Policy Review
Citations (WoS) 23
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53 Journal Article

Immigrants and Demography

Year 2015
Book Title Handbook of the Economics of International Migration
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55 Book Chapter

Processes of Internal and International Migration from Chitwan, Nepal

Authors Pratikshya Bohra, Douglas S. Massey
Year 2009
Journal Name International Migration Review
Citations (WoS) 39
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56 Journal Article

Birds of a Feather: Social Bases of Neighborhood Formation in Newark, New Jersey, 1880

Authors John R. Logan, Hyoung-jin Shin
Year 2016
Journal Name Demography
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57 Journal Article

Asset market participation and portfolio choice over the life-cycle

Authors Andreas FAGERENG, Charles GOTTLIEB, Luigi GUISO
Year 2017
Journal Name The journal of finance, 2017, Vol. 72, No. 2, pp. 705–750
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59 Journal Article

Local Economic Opportunity and the Competing Risks of Internal and U.S. Migration in Zacatecas, Mexico

Authors David P. Lindstrom, Nathanael Lauster
Year 2001
Journal Name International Migration Review
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60 Journal Article

Migration Decisions of Transfer Applicants in the Council Housing Sector

Authors G C Smith, R G Ford
Year 1985
Journal Name Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space
Citations (WoS) 4
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61 Journal Article

Local economic opportunity and the competing risks of internal and US migration in Zacatecas, Mexico

Authors DP Lindstrom, N Lauster
Year 2001
Journal Name International Migration Review
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62 Journal Article

Migration as conflict risk-management: testing the new economics of labour migration as a framework for understanding refugee decision-making

Authors Alicia Poole
Year 2021
Journal Name Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
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63 Journal Article

The new 'diaspora trap' framework: Explaining return migration from South Africa to Zimbabwe beyond the 'failure-success' framework

Authors Divane Nzima, Philani Moyo
Year 2017
Journal Name MIGRATION LETTERS
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64 Journal Article

Were Small-town New Yorkers Life-cycle Savers?

Authors Howard Bodenhorn
Year 2022
Citations (WoS) 1
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67 Journal Article

Rural-urban residence and modernism: A study of Ankara Province, Turkey

Authors Allan Schnaiberg
Year 1970
Journal Name Demography
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68 Journal Article

Return Migration by German Guestworkers: Neoclassical versus New Economic Theories

Authors Amelie Constant, Douglas S. Massey
Year 2002
Journal Name International Migration
Citations (WoS) 159
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69 Journal Article

Neighbours Helping Neighbours in Multi‐ethnic Context

Authors Eric Fong, Feng Hou
Year 2015
Journal Name Population, Space and Place
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70 Journal Article

ELDERLY WOMAN IN KARELIAN TRADITIONAL CULTURE: AGE BOUNDARIES AND SOCIOCULTURAL STATUS

Authors Litvin Yuliya Valer'evna, Minvaleev Sergei Andreevich
Year 2021
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71 Journal Article

Mexican Seasonal Migration to Canada and Development: A Community‐based Comparison

Authors T Basok
Year 2003
Journal Name International Migration
Citations (WoS) 29
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72 Journal Article

Return or Remittances? Diaspora Economic Policies of Latin American and Caribbean States

Authors Luicy Pedroza, Pau Palop-Garcia
Year 2019
Journal Name Apuntes: Revista de Ciencias Sociales
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73 Journal Article

Social-Capital Mobilization and Income Returns to Entrepreneurship: The Case of Return Migration in Rural China

Authors Zhongdong Ma
Year 2002
Journal Name Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space
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74 Journal Article

Buying membership in the transnational community:migrant remittances, social status, and assimilation

Authors Mariano Sana
Year 2005
Journal Name Population Research and Policy Review
Citations (WoS) 31
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76 Journal Article

Space and the navigation of intimacy in intergenerational Tongan-European Australian relationships during partnering and early parenthood

Authors Kate Johnston-Ataata
Year 2019
Journal Name Emotion, Space and Society
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77 Journal Article

Return Migration as Failure or Success?

Authors Hein de Haas, Tineke Fokkema, Mohamed Fassi Fihri
Year 2014
Journal Name Journal of International Migration and Integration
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78 Journal Article

Time to Mainstream the Environment into Migration Theory?

Authors Lori M. Hunter, Daniel H. Simon
Year 2022
Journal Name International Migration Review
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79 Journal Article

Gong in the life of Sebup aristocrat in the Kenyah community of Sarawak

Authors Nur Afifah Vanitha Abdullah
Year 2021
Journal Name GEOGRAFIA-MALAYSIAN JOURNAL OF SOCIETY & SPACE
Citations (WoS) 1
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80 Journal Article

We never plan to return home: voices of pre-migrant Ghanaian youth

Authors Mavis Dako-Gyeke
Year 2016
Journal Name Journal of Youth Studies
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81 Journal Article

What is Love? The Materiality of Care in Ghanaian Transnational Families

Authors Cati Coe
Year 2011
Journal Name International Migration
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83 Journal Article

Migration and Development: A Theoretical Perspective

Authors Hein de Haas
Year 2010
Journal Name International Migration Review
Citations (WoS) 403
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84 Journal Article

Migration and Development Framework and Its Links to Integration

Authors Michael Collyer, Russell King
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86 Book Chapter

Life-Cycle Stages, Mobility, and Metropolitan Change: 2. A Model of Migration

Authors M J Webber
Year 1983
Journal Name Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space
Citations (WoS) 2
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87 Journal Article

Do Rainfall Deficits Predict U.S.-Bound Migration from Rural Mexico? Evidence from the Mexican Census

Authors Raphael J. Nawrotzki, Fernando Riosmena, Lori M. Hunter
Year 2012
Journal Name Population Research and Policy Review
Citations (WoS) 51
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88 Journal Article

In Loco Parentis: Holland's orphan chambers in a European context

Authors J. W. Schnitzeler
Year 2021
Journal Name HISTORY OF THE FAMILY
Citations (WoS) 1
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89 Journal Article

Rethinking Visiting Friends and Relatives Mobilities

Authors Hania Janta, Scott A. Cohen, Allan M. Williams
Year 2015
Journal Name Population, Space and Place
Citations (WoS) 32
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90 Journal Article

The ‘Guest-Worker Syndrome’ Revisited?: <i>Migration and employment among Polish workers in Oslo</i>

Authors Jon Horgen Friberg
Year 2012
Journal Name Nordic Journal of Migration Research
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91 Journal Article

A Missing Element in Migration Theories

Authors DS Massey
Year 2015
Journal Name MIGRATION LETTERS
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92 Journal Article

Why Do Migrants Return to Poor Countries? Evidence from Philippine Migrants' Responses to Exchange Rate Shocks

Authors Dean Yang
Year 2006
Journal Name Review of Economics and Statistics
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93 Journal Article

Conclusion: The Returns from Theory and a New Approach to Home

Authors Alistair Hunter
Book Title Retirement Home? Ageing Migrant Workers in France and the Question of Return
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94 Book Chapter

Gekommen, um zu bleiben? Der Verbleib internationaler Studierender in Deutschland aus einer Lebenslaufperspektive

Authors Birgit Glorius
Year 2016
Journal Name Raumforschung und Raumordnung
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95 Journal Article

Three essays in household finance

Year 2012
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96 Doctoral Dissertation

Liveability and migration intention in Chinese resource-based economies: Findings from seven cities with potential for population shrinkage

Authors Sylvia Y. He, Xueying Chen, Murat Es, ...
Year 2022
Journal Name Cities
Citations (WoS) 8
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97 Journal Article

Editor’s Introduction

Authors Lori M. Hunter
Year 2011
Journal Name Population and Environment
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98 Journal Article

Population subgroups responsible for new urbanization and suburbanization in Estonia

Authors T Kontuly, T Tammaru
Year 2006
Journal Name European Urban and Regional Studies
Citations (WoS) 23
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99 Journal Article

Worlds in Motion : Understanding International Migration at the End of the Millennium

Authors Douglas Massey, Joaquin Arango, Graeme Hugo, ...
Year 1998
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100 Book
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