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Migration and Immigrant Processes

pnp-icon-100We are living in an era of enormous changes in internal and international migration worldwide. Understanding the origins of these population flows and their consequences for individual well-being constitutes one of the greatest challenges for scientific research in the coming years. MPRC researchers examine the social, economic and environmental causes of migration in a variety of national settings. They also consider the consequences of migration for immigrant families, and for individual health and mortality. Center research in this area is innovative for the use of new data sources to study migration processes in a wide range of national settings, and for exploring new pathways through which the immigration experience affects families and children. MPRC researchers are collecting data to study internal migration in India, and using longitudinal surveys to examine the economic and health consequences of migration in China and Mexico. They are also using restricted data linking US tax records to national surveys to analyze immigrants’ economic assimilation. Building on MPRC’s strength in the area of gender and family, researchers examine how the effect of immigration on children’s health and educational outcomes is mediated by its impact on family practices. The health of immigrant children and adults also builds from the MPRC’s strengths in understanding the broader social, economic and demographic contexts of health outcomes.



Empirical evidence on the unintended consequences of the one-child policy in terms of child trafficking in China

Empirical evidence on the unintended consequences of the one-child policy in terms of child trafficking in China

Implementation of the one-child policy and deep-rooted cultural preference for boys have together significantly increased both child abandonment and child abduction in China

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“Putting Band-Aids on Things That Need Stitches”

“Putting Band-Aids on Things That Need Stitches”

Thurka Sangaramoorthy selected for American Anthropological Association's Rudolf Virchow Award

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Understanding and Predicting Crime “Hot Spots”

Understanding and Predicting Crime “Hot Spots”

Former felons share knowledge about how (and where) criminals plan their crimes

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Mexico-US Migration during the Great Recession

Mexico-US Migration during the Great Recession

Andrés Villarreal investigates the causal origins of the recent decline in migration from Mexico to the United States

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Developing Nations: "Our Pollution is Your Consumption"

Developing Nations: "Our Pollution is Your Consumption"

MPRC Faculty Associate Klaus Hubacek demonstrates how material consumption in rich countries is fueled by pollution and environmental destruction in the developing world

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Race, Gender, and Obesity: How the Social Environment Constrains or Enables Physical Activity

Race, Gender, and Obesity: How the Social Environment Constrains or Enables Physical Activity

Faculty associate Rashawn Ray investigates the social and environmental changes needed in order to remove neighborhood barriers to regular physical exercise

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The Displaced New Orleans Residents Study

The Displaced New Orleans Residents Study

MPRC Director Michael Rendall is working with Faculty Associate Paul Torrens, Geography, to analyze social, economic, and health outcomes for New Orleanians

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Integrating Socio-Ecological Research and Collaborative Learning to Promote Marsh and Community Resilience

Integrating Socio-Ecological Research and Collaborative Learning to Promote Marsh and Community Resilience

Michael Paolisso is pursuing a mixed-method project, funded by NOAA through the University of New Hampshire, to examine the socio-ecological system of the Deal Island peninsula in Maryland

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Sustainable Community Oriented Stormwater Management: A Sensible Strategy for the Chesapeake Bay

Sustainable Community Oriented Stormwater Management: A Sensible Strategy for the Chesapeake Bay

Sacoby Wilson is Co-Investigator on an EPA-funded regional project focused on increasing Best Management Practices in a sensitive ecological zone

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Social Observatory Coordinating Network

Social Observatory Coordinating Network

Faculty Associates Sandra Hofferth and Klaus Hubacek are participating in an NSF-funded interdisciplinary effort to explore the feasibility and potential structure of a network of social observatories akin to networks in the physical sciences

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Air Pollution, Subclinical CVD and Inflammatory Markers in the Search Cohort

Air Pollution, Subclinical CVD and Inflammatory Markers in the Search Cohort

Faculty Associate Robin Puett undertakes R01 study of air pollution effects for diabetes and cardiovascular disease

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