title: Benefits of migration as a personal strategy in Nazare, Portugal.
abstract: "This article analyzes the causes, patterns and results of involvement in international wage labor migration for Nazare, a Portuguese fishing village and tourist resort.  Some migrate permanently, others return to invest locally, and yet others only work abroad part of each year.  Data indicate that international migration is a successful strategy for coping with a restrictive local opportunity structure.  International migrants have more income, savings, capital goods, consumer goods and automobiles than non-migrants or those who only migrate within Portugal."
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Mendonsa
mesh_terms: D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D005060:Europe; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011174:Portugal; D014171:Transients and Migrants