Detalles del documento

Imprima y guarde

Artículo de periódico

Mexican seasonal migration to Canada and development: A community-based comparison

Fecha

2003

Autores

T. Basok

Resumen

The article explores development and migration. Based on a comparison of investment-related behaviour of participants of the Canadian Mexican Seasonal Workers Programme from eleven Mexican villages, the article explores the impact of the nature of the migrants' community of origin on development. Contrary to the findings reported by the "new economics of labour migration" theorists, it was found that migrants from the least endowed communities, not from the best endowed communities, are likely to invest in agricultural land. This pattern is related to variable prices of land and the composition of the participants of the Canadian guest worker programme, most of whom are poor. The article draws attention to the importance of considering composition of migrant workers in an analysis of the impact of migration on community development. Development is analysed in the article from both the "growth" and the "quality of living" perspectives and it is found that regardless of the perspective used, the nature of the community does not affect the impact of migration on development. [References: 57]

Journal title

International Migration

Volumen

41

Número

2

Page numbers

3-26

Notas

Basok T

Int Organization Migration, Po Box 71, Ch-1211 Geneva 19, Switzerland

Conexiones

Los sectores económicos

Agriculture and horticulture workers y General farm workers

Tipos de contenido

Análisis de políticas

Los grupos destinatarios

Los investigadores

Relevancia geográfica

México y National relevance

Esferas de la actividad

Socioligie

Idiomas

Inglés