Economic migrants or refugees from violence? A time-series analysis of Salvadoran migration to the United States.

摘要: The author attempts to analyze the extent which recent migration from El Salvador United States is motivated by economic factors or fears of violence. data concern period 1976-1984. uses a multivariate linear regression model predict monthly variations in emigration based on indicators political results suggest that violence accounts for more than half variance apprehensions migrants since 1979. (ANNOTATION)