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ERIC Number: EJ422231
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-0197-1983
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Migration in a Small Semiperiphery: The Movement of Puerto Ricans and Dominicans.
Baerga, Maria del Carmen; Thompson, Lanny
International Migration Review, v24 n4 p656-83 Win 1990
Argues that the semiperipheral development of Puerto Rico since around 1975 has created a relative labor surplus in formal sectors of the economy while increasing demand for cheap labor in the informal service sector. Describes migration of Puerto Ricans to and from the U.S. and of Dominicans to Puerto Rico. (AF)
Descriptors: Dominicans, Economic Development, Economic Factors, Employment Patterns, Labor Force, Labor Market, Migrants, Migration, Migration Patterns, Puerto Ricans, Sociocultural Patterns
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Puerto Rico
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