LATIN AMERICAN MIGRATION PROJECT
The Latin American Migration Project (LAMP) is a multidisciplinary research effort between investigators in various countries of Latin America and the United States. LAMP is currently based at Princeton University and the University of Guadalajara. The LAMP was born as an extension of the Mexican Migration Project (MMP), which was created in 1982 by an interdisciplinary team of researchers to advance our understanding of the complex processes of international migration and immigration to the United States. LAMP's purpose is to extend this research to migration flows originating in other Latin American countries. LAMP began operations in 1998 with a set of surveys conducted in Puerto Rico. It expanded later with fieldwork carried out in the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Haiti, Peru, and Guatemala. El Salvador and Colombia are the most recent countries in which we conducted fieldwork during Summer 2007 and Winter 2008 respectively. In addition, a modified version of the LAMP survey was implemented in Paraguay to study migration from that country to Argentina. |
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Our ResearchThe surveys in Nicaragua and Costa Rica were made possible through an association between the LAMP and the Central American Population Center of the University of Costa Rica. The surveys in Paraguay were designed and implemented by an associated project between LAMP, the Centro de Estudios de Población (CENEP) in Buenos Aires and the Sociology Department at Duke University (click here to find out more). The surveys in Guatemala were made possible trhough an association between the LAMP and the University of San Carlos in Guatemala. The surveys in El Salvador were made possible through an association between the LAMP and the Sociology Department of Texas A&M in College Station. The surveys in Colombia were made possible through an association between the LAMP, the Red de Universidades Públicas del Eje Cafetero - Alma Mater, and the Fundación Esperanza. Data from Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Paraguay, Peru, Haiti, and Guatemala are avilable, and can be downloaded from this website. Data from El Salvador and Colombia are currently being processed. |
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Where are we located?
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MEXICO |
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Office of Population Research |
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Depto. de Estudios Sobre Movimientos Sociales (DESMOS) |
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