SOC102H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Samuel A. Stouffer, Chain Migration, Florian Znaniecki
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Migration flow of people from one place to another. People leave countries with high levels of inequality for countries with lower levels. Some kinds of people more likely to leave than others: large flow to u. s. Distance between place a and b + c. People will go in largest numbers to the places with most opportunities. If people migrate and find opportunites that are satisfactory, large chance they will not continue. People tend to take easiest path in everything they do: migrate shortest possible distance, requires least effort. Not always true of refugees, immigrants seeking best opportunities, or immigrants with network connections elsewhere. Before 1965, some immigrants stuck in lower classes (porter) Today, racialized immigrants still stuck at lower incomes (galabuzi: job discrimination against visible minorities. Immigration increases global inequality through brain drain in poor countries. Migration allows sender-countries to receive remittance payments from abroad (cuba) Sending countries experience net loss of talent through out-migration.
