Latin American Migration Project

Migration in the Americas:

Mexico and Latin America in Comparative Context

A Publication Colloquium (May 4-6, 2008)

Sponsored by the Center for the Americas at Vanderbilt University

Thanks to all of you who attended the Migration in the Americas Publication Colloquium.  We would like to invite you to submit the paper you presented, or its revision, for review in the publication we are planning.  As we discussed, the deadline for submission is just a few weeks away -- June 1st.  In the meantime, if you have any questions about your submission, please let me know. 

We look forward to reading your manuscripts, and will let you know as soon as possible about next steps.  And no matter what, we promise to get the entire volume under review before the end of the summer. 

Abrazos,

Katharine M. Donato

Overview

Patterns and Process of Migration Across Latin America
Jorge Durand and Douglas S. Massey

Gender and Migration

Migration from Latin America: Gendered Patterns and Shifts
Katharine M. Donato

Gender Differences Between Mexican Migration to the U.S. and Paraguayan Migration to Argentina
Marcela Cerrutti and Magali Gaudio

Determinants of Migration

Transition Exits: Emigration Dynamics in Latin America's Emerging Democracies
Jonathan Hiskey and Diana Orces

In Search of Peace: Assessing the Impact of Violence on Migration from Latin America to the United States
Steven E. Alvarado and Douglas S. Massey

How Distance Matters: Comparing the Causes and Consequence of Emigration from Mexico and Peru
Ayumi Takenaka and Karen A. Pren

Remittances

Migration and Remittances in Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and Mexico
Jorge Duany

The Migration Industry in Comparative Perspective: Courier Services in Mexico and El Salvador
Rubén Hernández-León and Alisa Garni

Migration, Remittances and Children's Schooling in Haiti
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Annie Georges, and Susan Pozo

Productive Remittances in Comparative Perspective
María Aysa-Lastra

Migration and Return

On the Legal Auspices of Latin America - U.S. Migration
Fernando Riosmena

Leaders and Followers: The Development of International Migration Networks in Rural Guatemala
David P. Lindstrom and Adriana López-Ramírez

Occupations and Labor Markets

Las movilidades ocupacionales de los migrantes de retorno. Un análisis comparativo entre países latinoamericanos
Salvador Cobo, Silvia Giorguli, and Francisco Alba

Occupational Selectivity Among Migrants from Latin America: Preliminary Findings
Nadia Y. Flores and Karen A. Pren

Remesas y transferencias en comunidades rurales: Entre consumo y ampliación de capital
Juan Carlos Vargas