Utilizing quantitative and qualitative research methods Bagchi examines the role that networks play in the immigration of professionals to the United States. Past research of so-called "migrant networks" emphasized the role of close interpersonal ties and focused on lower-skilled immigrants. This research shows that casual ties play a significant role in bringing highly-skilled immigrants to the U.S., but also that the importance of the "strength of ties" varies considerably by gender and occupation. Bagchi used two quantitative data sources: the Immigration and Naturalization Services? Public Use files and the Microdata files of the United States? Census Bureau as well as her own qualitative interviews. The book makes an important contribution to the understanding of the immigration experience through its study of heretofore neglected segments of the immigrant population and through its use of a combination of research techniques.
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Ann D. Bagchi is a Research Analyst for TIAA-CREF in New York. She earned her Ph.D. in May 1999 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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A vast majority of the work on migrant networks, indeed in the field of immigration studies as a whole, has focused on the experiences of Mexicans (both legal and undocumented) to the detriment of a better understanding of other immigrant groups. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
immigrant networking, spousal sponsorship, visa preference system, migrant networks, spousal visas, immigrant professionals, employment visas, employment entry, employer sponsorship, immigration process, immigrant skills, sending regions, network usage, top ten states, visa status, intended residence, occupational preferences, visa categories, fellow natives, other individual characteristics, male engineers, settlement decisions Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York, Department of Labor, New Jersey, Average Temperature, Health Professions Act, The Network Ties, Census Bureau, Middle East, Eastern Europe, Making Connections, Nein York, Soviet Union, Bureau of Census, Department of Justice, Eastern Hemisphere, Marriage Fraud Act, Third World, Western Hemisphere, Brain Drain, Latin America, World Ceiling New!
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A vast majority of the work on migrant networks, indeed in the field of immigration studies as a whole, has focused on the experiences of Mexicans (both legal and undocumented) to the detriment of a better understanding of other immigrant groups. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
immigrant networking, spousal sponsorship, visa preference system, migrant networks, spousal visas, immigrant professionals, employment visas, employment entry, employer sponsorship, immigration process, immigrant skills, sending regions, network usage, top ten states, visa status, intended residence, occupational preferences, visa categories, fellow natives, other individual characteristics, male engineers, settlement decisions Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York, Department of Labor, New Jersey, Average Temperature, Health Professions Act, The Network Ties, Census Bureau, Middle East, Eastern Europe, Making Connections, Nein York, Soviet Union, Bureau of Census, Department of Justice, Eastern Hemisphere, Marriage Fraud Act, Third World, Western Hemisphere, Brain Drain, Latin America, World Ceiling New!
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- Studying Elites Using Qualitative Methods (SAGE Focus Editions) by Rosanna Hertz in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Applied Statistics by John Neter in Back Matter
- Social Research Methods: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches (4th Edition) by William Lawrence Neuman in Back Matter
- Social Science by Clark in Back Matter
- Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States (Population of the United States in the 1980s) by Herbert R. Barringer in Back Matter
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