title: China's "tidal wave" of migrant labor: what can we learn from Mexican undocumented migration to the United States?
abstract: "The purpose of this article is to place Chinese labor migration from agriculture within the context of the literature on labor mobility in developing countries by comparing it to undocumented Mexican migration to the United States. The similarities fall within three general areas: the migration process, the economic and social position of migrants at their destination, and the agrarian structure and process of agricultural development that has perpetuated circular migration. The last section of the article draws upon these similarities, as well as differences between the two countries, to generate predictions concerning the development of labor migration in China."
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Roberts
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D000569:Americas; D001208:Asia; D002681:China; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005202:Asia, Eastern; D007843:Latin America; D008800:Mexico; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012106:Research; D012923:Social Class; D012939:Social Planning; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014481:United States
keywords: Agricultural Development; Americas; Asia; China; Comparative Studies; Cross-cultural Comparisons; Demographic Factors; Destination; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Eastern Asia; Economic Factors; Illegal Migrants; International Migration; Labor Migration; Latin America; Mexico; Migrants; Migration; Migration, Internal; North America; Northern America; Population; Population Dynamics; Research Methodology; Return Migration; Rural Development; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Studies; United States