title: Leaving to get ahead: assessing the relationship between mobility and inequality in Peruvian migration.
abstract: Analysis of the impact of international migration on the socioeconomic conditions of migrants and their families in Peru, using data from the Latin American Migration Project, suggests that international migration contributes to individuals' socioeconomic well-being. While those who migrate tend to come from relatively privileged backgrounds in the first place, they gain further relative economic advantage by moving out of the country. A possible implication of this is that the growing international migration observed today is likely to exacerbate rather than ameliorate the already uneven distribution of income and rigid socioeconomic hierarchy in Peru.
authors.affiliation: Bryn Mawr College, Center for the Study of Inequality and Social Stratification, Tohoku University.
authors.forename: Ayumi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Takenaka
authors.forename: Karen A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Pren
mesh_terms: D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000193:education / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology; D004641:Emigration and Immigration / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005191:Family Characteristics / Q000208:ethnology; D005192:Family Health / Q000208:ethnology; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D007182:Income / Q000266:history; D007843:Latin America / Q000208:ethnology; D010568:Peru / Q000208:ethnology; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012923:Social Class / Q000266:history; D012924:Social Conditions / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D006801:Humans