title: Economic development:  the middle class and international migration in the Dominican Republic.
abstract: "The Dominican Republic is classified as one of a group of Latin American and Caribbean countries whose international migratory flows appear to be primarily composed of the urban middle class, rather than the rural poor.  It is argued that Dominican middle class international migration has emerged as a partial solution to a political economic crisis that was dramatized by the April Revolution of 1965 and deepened through the 1970s with the failure of industrialization strategies to generate significant changes in the class structure."
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authors.lastname: Bray
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D017691:Caribbean Region; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D004293:Dominican Republic; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D007843:Latin America; D009656:North America; D011057:Politics; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012922:Social Change; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
keywords: Americas; Caribbean; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Dominican Republic; Economic Development; Economic Factors; International Migration; Latin America; Middle Income Population; Migration; North America; Political Factors; Population; Population Dynamics; Social Change; Social Class; Social Development; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status