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1Department of Economics and Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, 735 S. State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109.
概括
潜在的移民确实对不断变化的移民条件做出了反应. 风,通过降低原产地吸引力,增加美国的移民,特别是当建立起来的移民网络降低移民成本时.
科学领域:
- 环境社会学环境社会学
- 移民研究是关于移民的研究.
- 经济学 经济学 经济学
背景情况:
- 潜在移民的决定受到原产地吸引力和移民成本的影响.
- 像风这样的自然灾害可以显著改变原产地所感知的吸引力.
研究的目的:
- 调查自然灾害,特别是风如何影响到美国的移民流.
- 确定移民网络在应对原产地冲击时促进移民的作用.
主要方法:
- 利用受限访问的美国人口普查数据进行精确的移民测量.
- 分析了受风影响的原产国移民模式.
- 研究了风强度,移民群体规模和移民流动之间的关系.
主要成果:
- 风显著增加了来自受影响国家的美国移民.
- 风对移民的影响是由更大,先前存在的移民网络的存在放大.
- 风引发的移民主要由新的合法永久居民 (绿卡持有人) 组成.
结论:
- 自然灾害可以作为移民的催化剂,特别是当社交网络减轻移民障碍时.
- 移民网络在减少与国际移民相关的固定成本方面发挥着至关重要的作用.
- 政策影响可能涉及了解环境冲击和已建立的散居社区之间的相互作用.
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