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Causes and Consequences of Migration in the Jequitinhonha Valley of Minas Gerais *
Author(s) -
Goza Franklin
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
sociological inquiry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.446
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1475-682X
pISSN - 0038-0245
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-682x.1992.tb00191.x
Subject(s) - remittance , movement (music) , demographic economics , development economics , economic geography , political science , geography , economics , economic growth , philosophy , aesthetics
This study documents the recent development and expansion of temporary inter‐regional labor migration in central‐west Brazil. Several explanations for the expansion of this movement are investigated, including the financial crises that have affected Brazil's recent social and economic development. Temporary and permanent movement typologies are also examined in an attempt to discern why this region is now characterized by temporary rather than permanent moves. I suggest that permanent moves occurred primarily as a response to structural changes, while temporary movement resulted at least partially because of the country' recent economic crises. Examination of the consequences of this movement (for example, remittance usage) indicates that this temporary migration is more of a survival plan than a mobility strategy.