International Handbook of Migration and Population Distribution

International Handbook of Migration and Population Distribution

International Handbooks of Population Volume 6 Series Editor Dudley L. Poston, Jr. Professor of Sociology, George T. & Gladys H. Abell Professor of Liberal Arts Director, Asian Studies Program Texas A&M University ACAD Bldg. 425B (office) College Station, Texas 77843-4351, USA The International Handbooks of Population offer up-to-date scholarly summaries and sources of information on the major subject areas and issues of demography and population. Each handbook examines its particular subject area in depth, providing timely, accessible coverage of its full scale and scope, discusses substantive contributions for deeper understanding, and provides reliable guidance on the direction of future developments. Volumes will explore topics of vital interest: Population Aging, Poverty, Mortality, Family Demography, Migration, Race and Ethnic Demography and more. Each volume will provide a state-of-the-art treatment of its respective area. The series will quickly prove useful to a broad audience including demographers, practitioners and scholars across a range of disciplines. For further volumes: http://www.springer.com/series/8111

Michael J. White Editor International Handbook of Migration and Population Distribution

Editor Michael J. White Department of Sociology Brown University Providence, RI, USA ISSN 1877-9204 ISSN 2215-1877 (electronic) International Handbooks of Population ISBN 978-94-017-7281-5 ISBN 978-94-017-7282-2 (ebook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-7282-2 Library of Congress Control Number: 2015953217 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg New York London # Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer Science+Business Media B.V. Dordrecht is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

Contents 1 Introduction: Contemporary Insights on Migration and Population Distribution... 1 Michael J. White Part I Perspectives on Theory for Internal and International Migration 2 Perspectives on Migration Theory: Geography... 11 Richard Wright and Mark Ellis 3 Perspectives on Migration Theory Economics... 31 Michael J. Greenwood 4 Perspectives on Migration Theory Anthropology... 41 Caroline B. Brettell 5 Perspectives on Migration Theory Sociology and Political Science... 69 Michael J. White and Colin Johnson 6 Conceptualizing Migration: From Internal/International to Kinds of Membership... 91 Susan K. Brown and Frank D. Bean Part II Data and Methods for Migration Study 7 Concepts, Definitions and Data Collection Approaches... 109 Richard E. Bilsborrow 8 Data Prospects: IPUMS-International... 157 Matt Sobek 9 Micro Methods: Longitudinal Surveys and Analyses... 175 Cris Beauchemin and Bruno Schoumaker 10 Migration Analysis Using Demographic Surveys and Surveillance Systems... 205 Philippe Bocquier v

vi Contents 11 Migration Flows: Measurement, Analysis and Modeling... 225 Frans Willekens Part III Regional Perspectives 12 African Migration and Population Distribution: Recent Trends, Methodological Challenges and Policy Issues... 245 Blessing Uchenna Mberu 13 Migration in Asia... 269 Elin Charles-Edwards, Salut Muhidin, Martin Bell, and Yu Zhu 14 Migration in China... 285 Zai Liang and Qian Song 15 Changing Patterns of Migration in India: A Perspective on Urban Exclusion... 311 Amitabh Kundu and Lopamudra Ray Saraswati 16 Migration in Australia and New Zealand... 333 Graeme Hugo, Janet Wall, and Margaret Young 17 Migration in Europe... 371 James Raymer 18 Migration in the Americas... 389 Adriana Lopez-Ramirez and Gabriela Sánchez-Soto 19 Moving for Opportunities? Changing Patterns of Migration in North America... 421 Amy Spring, Stewart E. Tolnay, and Kyle Crowder Part IV Emerging Policy Topics in Population Redistribution 20 Migration, Urbanization and Health... 451 Elizabeth Nauman, Mark VanLandingham, and Philip Anglewicz 21 Migration and the Environment... 465 Lori M. Hunter and Raphael Nawrotzki 22 Population Distribution and Poverty... 485 Rachel E. Dwyer and Daniel Sanchez 23 Migration, Assimilation and Social Welfare... 505 Jennifer Glick and Julie Park

Contents vii 24 Economic Impacts of Migrant Remittances... 525 J. Edward Taylor and Michael Castelhano 25 International Migration, Gender and Family: A Miroir from Latin America... 543 Silvia E. Giorguli and Maria Adela Angoa 26 Urban Migration of Adolescent Girls: Quantitative Results from Developing Countries... 573 Mark R. Montgomery, Deborah Balk, Zhen Liu, Siddharth Agarwal, Eleri Jones, and Susana Adamo 27 Forced Migration... 605 Holly E. Reed, Bernadette Ludwig, and Laura Braslow Index... 627