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First published May 1986

The Shifting Grounds for Immigration

MICHAEL J. PIOREView all authors and affiliations
Volume 485, Issue 1
https://doi.org/10.1177/0002716286485001003

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This article is addressed to the theory of the international migration of workers to low-wage sectors of developed industrial economies from underdeveloped regions. Its starting point is the framework of analysis originally put forward in Birds of Passage, a framework built around the notion of circular migration through the secondary sector of a dual labor market. It then discusses how that theory might be amended in light of recent developments in migration patterns to encompass enclave economies, immigrant entrepreneurship, and the settlement process.

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2. For an example of this approach, see Michael J. Greenwood, “Research on Internal Migration in the United States: A Survey,” Journal of Economic Literature, 13(2):397-433 (1975).
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Pages: 23 - 33
Article first published: May 1986
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