Working Papers

All papers presented at CCIS seminars and conferences will be published as CCIS Working Papers. They will be posted in the order they are published, and may be downloaded here.

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1. Social, Spatial, and Skill Mismatch Among Immigrants and Native-Born Workers in Los Angeles
   Manuel Pastor, University of California, Santa Cruz, and
   Enrico Marcelli, Research Fellow, Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies, UCLA
   
2. African Immigrant Workers in Spanish Agriculture
   Keith Hoggart, Kings College, London
   Cristbal Mendoza, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte
   Sociologia Ruralis, 39 (4), 1999, 538-562
   
3. The Role of the State in Influencing African Labour Outcomes in Spain and Portugal
   Forthcoming in Geoforum
   Cristbal Mendoza, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte
   
4. Undocumented Migration in the USA and Germany
   Holk Stobbe, University of Gttingen, Germany; CCIS visiting scholar
   
5. The Unconventional Immigration Policy Preferences of Labor Unions in Spain, Italy, and France
   Julie Watts, European Union Center of California, Scripps College
   
6. Gender Differences in Support for Radical Right, Anti-Immigrant Political Parties
   Terri Givens, University of Washington
   
7. Economic Restructuring and Racialization: Incorporation of Mexicans and Mexican-Americans in the Rural Midwest
   Nancy Naples, University of California, Irvine
   
8. Negotiating National Identity: Middle Eastern and Asian Immigrants and the Struggle for Ethnicity in Brazil
   Jeffrey Lesser, University of Connecticut
   
9. Economic Restructuring, Immigration and the New Labor Movement: Latina/o Janitors in Los Angeles
   Cynthia Cranford, University of Southern California
   
10. US Relations with Mexico and Central America, 1977-1999
    Marc Rosenblum, University of California, San Diego
    
11. The H-1B Visa Debate in Historical Perspective: The Evolution of U.S. Policy Toward Foreign-Born Workers
    Margaret L. Usdansky and Thomas J. Espenshade, Princeton University
    
12. H-1B Temporary Workers: Estimating the Population
    B. Lindsay Lowell, Georgetown University
    
13. Self-Employment and Earnings among High-Skilled Immigrants in the United States
    Magnus Lofstrom, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
    
14. Matching Workers to Work: The Case of Asian Immigrant Engineers in Canada
    Monica Boyd, Florida State University
    
15. Silicon Valley’s New Immigrant Entrepreneurs
    AnnaLee Saxenian, University of California, Santa Cruz
    
16. Migrants of the Information Age: Indian and Mexican Engineers and Regional Development in Silicon Valley
    Rafael G. Alarcn, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte
    
17. Cleaning the Buildings of High Tech Companies in Silicon Valley: The Case of Mexican Janitors in Sonix
    Christin Zlolniski, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte
    
18. Rethinking Migration: High-Skilled Labor Flows from India to the United States
    A. Aneesh, Rutgers University
    
19. The Emigration of High-Skilled Indian Workers to the United States: Flexible Citizenship and India's Information Economy
    Paula Chakravartty, University of California, San Diego
    
20. The Migration of High-Skilled Workers from Canada to the United States:Empirical Evidence and Economic Reasons
    Mahmood Iqbal, The Conference Board of Canada
    
21. The Benefits of Being Minority:The Ethnic Status of the Japanese-Brazilians in Brazil
    Takeyuki Tsuda, University of California, San Diego
    
22. Working on the Margins: Immigrant Day Labor Characteristics and Prospects for Employment
    Abel Valenzuela, Jr., University of California, Los Angeles
    
23. A Singular International Area: Borders and Cultures in the Societies of the Strait of Gibraltar
    Francisco Oda-Angel, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid

25. Networks and Religious Communities Among Salvadoran Immigrants in San Francisco, Phoenix, and Washington, D.C.
    Cecilia Menjivar, Arizona State University
    
26. Demobilizing the Revolution: Migration, Repatriation and Colonization in Mexico, 1911-1940
    Casey Walsh, New School University
    
27. Death at the Border: The Efficacy and "Unintended" Consequences of U.S. Immigration Control Policy 1993-2000
    Wayne A. Cornelius, University of California, San Diego
    
28. Politics, Race and Absorption: Israeli Housing and Education Policies for Ethiopian Jewish Immigrants, 1984-1992
    Fred A. Lazin, Ben Gurion University of the Negev
    
29. Immigration Policies and their Impact: The Case of New Zealand and Australia
    Rainer Winkelmann, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
    
30. Towards Local Citizenship: Japanese Cities Respond to International Migration
    Katherine Tegtmeyer Pak, New College of the University of South Florida
    
31. Does Border Enforcement Protect U.S. Workers From Illegal Immigration?
    Gordon Hanson, University of Michigan and National Bureau of Economic Research, Raymond Robertson, Macalester College and Antonio Spilimbergo, International Monetary Fund
    
32. From the Barrio to the 'Burbs: Immigration and Urban Sprawl in Southern California
    Enrico A. Marcelli, University of Massachusetts, Boston
    
33. Immigration Policy, Assimilation of Immigrants, and Natives' Sentiments Towards Immigrants: Evidence from 12 OECD Countries
    Thomas K. Bauer, Magnus Lofstrom and Klaus F. Zimmermann, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
    
34. Ciudadanas Excluidas: Indgenas y Migrantes en Mxico
    Alejandra Castaeda and Emiko Saldvar, Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, University of California, San Diego
    
35. Frontier Hybridization or Culture Clash?: Trans-national Migrant Communities and Sub-national Identity Politics in Andalusia, Spain
    Gunther Dietz, University of Granada (Spain), Visiting Scholar, Center for Comparative Immigration Studies
    Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Vol. 30, Nº 6, pp. 1087-1112 (2004)
    
36. Globalization, the State, and the Creation of Flexible Indigenous Workers: Mixtec Farmworkers in Oregon
    Lynn Stephen, University of Oregon
    
37. Farm Labor in California: Then and Now
    Philip Martin, University of California, Davis
    
38. When Institutional Boundaries Meet New Political Ideas: Courts, Congress and U.S. Immigration Policy Reform
    Valerie F. Hunt, University of Washington, Visiting Fellow, Center for Comparative Immigration Studies
    
39. Mexican Immigrant Women's Narratives of Language Experience: Defendindose in Southern California
    May Relao Pastor, Universidad de Granada (Spain), Visiting Fellow, Center for Comparative Immigration Studies
    
40. Safe Haven: International Norms, Strategic Interests, and U.S. Refugee Policy
    Idean Salehyan, Center for Comparative Immigration Studies
    
41. Immigration, Economic Insecurity, and the "Ambivalent" American Public
    Alan Kessler, University of Texas, Austin, Visiting Fellow, Center for Comparative Immigration Studies
    
42. Global Products, Embedded Contexts: The Interpretation of Consumption Practices Among Palestinian Migrants in Amman
    E. Anne Beal, University of Chicago
    
43. Migration Merchants: Human Smuggling from Ecuador and China
    David Kyle, University of California, Davis and Zai Liang, Queens College - CUNY
    
44. Political Economy, Sectoral Shocks, and Border Enforcement
    Gordon H. Hanson, University of California, San Diego & NBER and Antonio Spilimbergo, International Monetary Fund
    
45. Ethnic-Priority Immigration in Israel and Germany: Resilience Versus Demise
    Christian Joppke, European University Institute (Italy) and Zeev Roshenhek, Hebrew University (Israel)
    
46. "Them" or "Us"?: Assessing Responsibility for Undocumented Migration
    from Mexico
    Fred Krissman, Visiting Fellow, Center for Comparative Immigration Studies
    
47. The "Brain Gain" Hypothesis: Third World Elites in Industrialized Countries and Socioeconomic Development in their Home Country
    Uwe Hunger, University of Muenster, Germany, Visiting Fellow, Center for Comparative Immigration Studies
    
48. Redefining the Boundaries of Belonging: Thoughts on Transnational Religious and Political Life
    Peggy Levitt, Wellesley College
    
49. Gender and Migration: An Integrative Approach
    Nana Oishi, Visiting Fellow, Center for Comparative Immigration Studies
    
50. Labor Market Incorporation of Immigrants in Japan and the United States: A Comparative Analysis
    Takeyuki Tsuda and Wayne A. Cornelius, University of California, San Diego
    
51. Charting a Civic Border: Immigration and Naturalization in San Diego
    Robert H. McLaughlin, University of Chicago, Visiting Fellow, Center for Comparative Immigration Studies
    
52. States and Their Expatriates: Explaining the Development of Tunisian and Moroccan Emigration-Related Institutions
    Laurie A. Brand, University of Southern California
    
53. Citizenship Solidarity and Rights Individualism: On the Decline of National Citizenship in the U.S., Germany, and Israel
    David Abraham, University of Miami
    
54. Beyond the Policy of No Policy: Emigration from Mexico and Central America
    Marc Rosenblum, University of New Orleans
    
55. The Dawn of a New Generation: The Historical Evolution of Inter-Generational Conflict and Cooperation in Korean American Organizational Politics
    Angie Y. Chung, Visiting Fellow, Center for Comparative Immigration Studies
    
56. Temporary Foreign Worker Programmes: Policies, Adverse Consequences, and the Need to Make Them Work
    Martin Ruhs, University of Cambridge, UK, Visiting Fellow, Center for Comparative Immigration Studies
    
57. Spain as a Recent Country of Immigration: How Immigration Became a Symbolic, Political, and Cultural Problem in the "New Spain"
    Beln Agrela, University of Granada, Spain, Visiting Research Fellow, Center for Comparative Immigration Studies
    
58. Rethinking the 'Local' and 'Transnational': Cross-Border Politics and Hometown Networks in an Immigrant Union
    David Fitzgerald, University of California, Los Angeles
59. International Migration, Self-Selection, and the Distribution of Wages: Evidence from Mexico and the United States
    Daniel Chiquiar, UC San Diego and Gordon H. Hanson, UC San Diego and National Bureau of Economic Research
60. Let's Talk: Dialogue Across Disciplines on Immigration and Integration Issues
    Harlan Koff, Visiting Fellow, Center for Comparative Immigration Studies
61. Multilateral Cooperation, Integration and Regimes: The Case of International Labor Mobility
    Eytan Meyers, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
62. The Effect of Institutional Arrangements and Operations on Judicial Behavior in American Immigration Law -- 1883-1893 and 1990-2000
    Anna O. Law, University of Texas, Austin, Visiting Fellow, Center for Comparative Immigration Studies
63. Ethnic Entrepreneurship: Ethnicity and the Economy in Enterprise
    Zulema Valdez, Center for Comparative Immigration Studies and The Center for US-Mexican Studies
64. Mexican Immigrant Communities in the South and Social Capital: The Case of Dalton, Georgia
    Rubn Hernndez-Len, UC Los Angeles and Vctor Ziga, Universidad de Monterrey
65. Refugee or Internally Displaced Person? To Where Should One Flee?
    Will H. Moore and Stephen M. Shellman, The Florida State University
66. Refugees and the Red Cross: An Underdeveloped Dimension of Protection
    David P. Forsythe, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
67. War in Iraq: An Impending Refugee Crisis? Uncertain Risks, Inadequate Preparation and Coordination
    Gil Loescher, The International Institute for Strategic Studies, London
68. No Solutions in Sight: the Problem of Protracted Refugee Situations in Africa
    Jeff Crisp, Head, Evaluation and Policy Analysis Unit UNHCR, Geneva
69. The State and Racialization: The Case of Koreans in Japan
    Kazuko Suzuki, Center for Comparative Immigration Studies
70. Prostitutes and Picture Brides: Chinese and Japanese Immigration, Settlement, and American Nation-Building, 1870-1920
    Catherine Lee, University of California, Los Angeles and Center for Comparative Immigration Studies
71. Eurostars and Eurocities: Towards a Sociology of Free Moving Professionals in Western Europe
    Adrian Favell, University of California, Los Angeles
72. Human Rights and Citizenship: The Case of Mexican Migrants in Canada
    Tanya Basok, University of Windsor
73. Managing Migration for Economic Growth: Germany and the United States in Comparative Perspective
    Philip Martin, Hans Dietrich von Loeffelholz and Thomas Straubhaar, The American Institute for Contemporary German Studies
74. Lessons from a Protracted Refugee Situation
    Nathaniel H. Goetz, Center for Comparative Immigration Studies
75. Identity Projects at Home and Labor from Abroad: The Market for Foreign Domestic Workers in Southern California and Santiago, Chile
    Kristen Hill Maher, San Diego State University and Visiting Fellow, Center for Comparative Immigration Studies
76. Crossing Borders in the School Yard: The Formation of Transnational Social Spaces among Chinese and Mexican Immigrant Students
    Carmina Brittain, Visiting Fellow, Center for Comparative Immigration Studies
77. A Tale of Two Borders: The U.S.-Mexico and U.S.-Canada Lines After 9-11
    Peter Andreas, Brown University
78. Mobilizing in the Barrio: Conflicting Identities and the Language of Politics
    Emmanuelle Le Texier, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris - Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Internationales (CERI), Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, and Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies
79. Mexico-U.S. Migration and Labor Unions: Obstacles to Building Cross-Border Solidarity
    Julie Watts, Visiting Fellow, Center for Comparative Immigration Studies
80. Non citizens, Voice, and Identity: the Politics of Citizenship in Japan's Korean Community
    Erin Aeran Chung, Harvard University
81. Is Spanish Here to Stay? Contexts for bilingualism among U.S.-born Hispanics, 1990-2000
    April Linton, Princeton University
82. On Vigilantism: a Model
    Robin Hoover, Humane Borders
83. Constructing the Criminal Alien: A Historical Framework for Analyzing Border Vigilantes at the Turn of the 21st Century
    Kelly Lytle, UC San Diego
84. The Relationship between Legal Status, Rights and the Social Integration of the Immigrants
    Francisco J. Durn Ruiz, Universidad de Granada
85. The Dynamics of Repeat Migration: A Markov Chain Analysis
    Amelie Constant, University of Pennsylvania and IZA, and Klaus Zimmerman, Bonn University, IZA and DIW Berlin
86. "Estado de Oro" o "Jaula de Oro"? Undocumented Mexican Immigrant Workers, the Driver's License, and Subnational Illegalization in California
    Hinda Seif, UC Institute for Labor and Employment
87. Language Skills and Earnings: Evidence from childhood Immigrants
    Hoyt Bleakley, UC San Diego
88. Population Politics: Benjamin Franklin and the peopling of North America
    Alan Houston, UC San Diego
89. Latino Independents and Identity Formation Under Uncertainty
    Zoltan Hajnal, UC San Diego
90. The Temporary Mexican Migrant Labor Program in Canadian Agriculture
    Gustavo Verduzco Igarta, Centro de Estudios Sociolgicos, El Colegio de Mxico
91. Our Place in Someone Else's House: Korean Americans and gendered identity in global/local context
    Nadia Kim, Visiting Fellow, Center for Comparative Immigration Studies
92. Controlling 'Unwanted' Immigration: Lessons from the United States, 1993-2004
    Wayne A. Cornelius, UC San Diego
93. Self Selection among Undocumented Immigrants from Mexico
    Pia Orrenius, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
94. Chinese Globalization and Migration to Europe
    Frank Pieke, University of Oxford
95. Foundations of U.S. Immigration Control Policy: A study of information transmission to Mexican migrants and the role of information as a deterrent at the border
    Adam Sherry, UC San Diego
96. The Impact of Political Engagement on Social and Political Tolerance toward Immigrants in Southern Europe
    Xavier Escandell, Visiting Fellow, Center for Comparative Immigration Studies
97. On Deconstructing Immigrant Generations:Cohorts and the Cuban migr experience
    Susan Eckstein, Boston University
98. Making the Queue: Latino Day Laborers in New York's Street Corner Labor Markets
    Carolyn Pinedo Turnovsky, Joint Fellow, Center for Comparative Immigration Studies and Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies
99. Tendencias recientes de las remesas de los migrantes mexicanos en Estados Unidos
    Fernando Lozano Ascencio, Visiting Fellow, Center for Comparative Immigration Studies
100. Gender(ed) Migrations: Shifting Gender Subjectivities in a Transnational Mexican Community
     Deborah A. Boehm, Guest Scholar, Center for Comparative Immigration Studies and Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies
101. From National Inclusion to European Exclusion: State, Nation and Europe in Ethnic Hungarian Migration to Hungary
     Jon E. Fox, Visiting Fellow, Center for Comparative Immigration Studies
102. Remittance Outcomes in Rural Oaxaca, Mexico: Challenges, Options, and Opportunities for Migrant Households
     Jeffrey H. Cohen and Leila Rodriguez, Pennsylvania State University
103. Organizing Immigrant Communities in American Cities: Is this Transnationalism, or What? Gustavo Cano, UC San Diego, Guest Scholar, Center for Comparative Immigration Studies
104. What Holds Back the Second Generation? The Intergenerational Transmission of Language Human Capital Among Immigrants
     Hoyt Bleakley, UC San Diego, and Aimee Chin, University of Houston
105. Immigration and Politics
     Wayne A. Cornelius, UC San Diego, and Marc R. Rosenblum, University of New Orleans
106. Learning in Two Languages: Spanish-English Immersion in U.S. Public Schools
     April Linton, Princeton University and UC San Diego
107. Media Images, Immigrant Reality: Ethnic Prejudice and Tradition in Japanese Media Representations of Japanese-Brazilian Return Migrants.
     Takeyuki Tsuda, University of California, San Diego
108. Immigrants and Their Schooling
     James P. Smith, RAND
109. Cambios en la Inmigración a Resultas de la Política Restrictiva del Gobierno Español
     Antonio Izquierdo, Visiting Research Fellow, CCIS, and Professor of Sociology, University of Coruña, Spain
110. Development of National Migration Regimes: Japan in Comparative Perspective
     Katherine Tegtmeyer Pak, St. Olaf College
111. Language Assimilation Today: Bilingualism Persists More Than in the Past, But English Still Dominates
     Richard Alba, Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research
     University at Albany
112. Does Policy Matter? On Governments’ Attempts to Control Unwanted Migration
     Eiko Thielemann, London School of Economics