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U.S. Return Migration and the Decline in Southern Black Disadvantage, 1970-2000.

Katherine J Curtis
Published in: Social science quarterly (2018)
The migration experience is diverse and has conflicting consequences for racial inequality; for some, migration maintained economic vulnerability. Given the complex force of migration, I conclude that a nuanced theoretical approach to migration that gives weight to economic and noneconomic motivations is critical to understand the racial dimensions of migration and the associated changes in racial inequality.
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