Most cited papers in Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
What are the most cited papers in Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy?
The most cited paper in Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy is "Social Capital: Its Origins and Applications in Modern Sociology" (Alejandro Portes, 1998), with 12,059 citations. Next come "Beyond “Culture”: Space, Identity, and the Politics of Difference" (3,466) and "The Effect of Americanization on the Earnings of Foreign-born Men" (2,824).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 659 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Social Capital: Its Origins and Applications in Modern Sociology Alejandro Portes · Annual Review of Sociology | Aug 1998 | 12,059 |
| 2 | Beyond “Culture”: Space, Identity, and the Politics of Difference Akhil Gupta, JAMES G. FERGUSON · Cultural Anthropology | Feb 1992 | 3,466 |
| 3 | The Effect of Americanization on the Earnings of Foreign-born Men Barry R. Chiswick · Journal of Political Economy | Oct 1978 | 2,824 |
| 4 | Contextualizing Entrepreneurship—Conceptual Challenges and Ways Forward Friederike Welter · Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice | 2011 | 2,693 |
| 5 | Diasporas in Modern Societies: Myths of Homeland and Return William Safran · Diaspora A Journal of Transnational Studies | Mar 1991 | 2,580 |
| 6 | Migration and Development: A Theoretical Perspective Hein de Haas · International Migration Review | Mar 2010 | 2,249 |
| 7 | SOCIAL NETWORKS AND STATUS ATTAINMENT Nan Lin · Annual Review of Sociology | Aug 1999 | 2,223 |
| 8 | The Sociology of Discrimination: Racial Discrimination in Employment, Housing, Credit, and Consumer Markets Devah Pager, Hana R. Shepherd · Annual Review of Sociology | 17 Mar 2008 | 2,091 |
| 9 | The Labor Demand Curve is Downward Sloping: Reexamining the Impact of Immigration on the Labor Market George J. Borjas · The Quarterly Journal of Economics | Nov 2003 | 1,899 |
| 10 | Dragon multinationals: New players in 21st century globalization John A. Mathews · Asia Pacific Journal of Management | 23 Feb 2006 | 1,896 |
| 11 | Transnationalism: A New Analytic Framework for Understanding Migration Nina Glick Schiller, Linda Basch, Cristina Blanc‐Szanton · Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences | Jul 1992 | 1,822 |
| 12 | Networks in the Modern Economy: Mexican Migrants in the U. S. Labor Market Kaivan Munshi · The Quarterly Journal of Economics | May 2003 | 1,820 |
| 13 | Immigrant Inflows, Native Outflows, and the Local Labor Market Impacts of Higher Immigration David Card · Journal of Labor Economics | 2001 | 1,805 |
| 14 | Conceiving and researching transnationalism Steven Vertovec · Ethnic and Racial Studies | 1999 | 1,770 |
| 15 | The Economics of Immigration George J. Borjas | 7 Dec 2018 | 1,758 |
| 16 | The ‘diaspora’ diaspora Rogers Brubaker · Ethnic and Racial Studies | 5 Nov 2004 | 1,725 |
| 17 | Culture sits in places: reflections on globalism and subaltern strategies of localization Arturo Escobar · Political Geography | Feb 2001 | 1,659 |
| 18 | Rethinking Assimilation Theory for a New Era of Immigration Richard Alba, Victor G. Nee · International Migration Review | Dec 1997 | 1,630 |
| 19 | Methodological Nationalism, the Social Sciences, and the Study of Migration: An Essay in Historical Epistemology Andreas Wimmer, Nina Glick Schiller · International Migration Review | Sep 2003 | 1,617 |
| 20 | Family and Personal Networks in International Migration: Recent Developments and New Agendas Mónica Boyd · International Migration Review | Sep 1989 | 1,574 |
| 21 | Informality Revisited William F. Maloney · World Development | 11 Jun 2004 | 1,491 |
| 22 | Social Remittances: Migration Driven Local-Level Forms of Cultural Diffusion Peggy Levitt · International Migration Review | Dec 1998 | 1,461 |
| 23 | Who Is Against Immigration? A Cross-Country Investigation of Individual Attitudes toward Immigrants Anna Maria Mayda · The Review of Economics and Statistics | Aug 2006 | 1,447 |
| 24 | ‘Globalizing’ regional development: a global production networks perspective Neil M. Coe, Martin Heß, Henry Wai‐chung Yeung et al. · Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers | Dec 2004 | 1,447 |
| 25 | The Making and Unmaking of Ethnic Boundaries: A Multilevel Process Theory Andreas Wimmer · American Journal of Sociology | 2008 | 1,439 |
| 26 | “I'M HERE, BUT I'M THERE” Pierrette Hondagneu‐Sotelo, Ernestine Avila · Gender & Society | Oct 1997 | 1,404 |
| 27 | The Surprisingly Swift Decline of US Manufacturing Employment Justin R. Pierce, Peter K. Schott · American Economic Review | 30 Jun 2016 | 1,382 |
| 28 | Segmented Assimilation: Issues, Controversies, and Recent Research on the New Second Generation Min Zhou · International Migration Review | Dec 1997 | 1,374 |
| 29 | The New Economics of Labour Migration and the Role of Remittances in the Migration Process Edward J. Taylor · International Migration | Mar 1999 | 1,368 |
| 30 | Sociology: Themes and Perspectives Robert van Krieken, P Smith, D Habibis et al. · eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania) | 2000 | 1,341 |
| 31 | Ethnicity and Entrepreneurship Howard E. Aldrich, Roger D. Waldinger · Annual Review of Sociology | Aug 1990 | 1,338 |
| 32 | Bright vs. blurred boundaries: Second-generation assimilation and exclusion in France, Germany, and the United States Richard Alba · Ethnic and Racial Studies | 5 Nov 2004 | 1,323 |
| 33 | Transnational Migration Studies: Past Developments and Future Trends Peggy Levitt, Bernadette Nadya Jaworsky · Annual Review of Sociology | 25 Jun 2007 | 1,286 |
| 34 | Transnationalism from Below Eric Hershberg · Political Science Quarterly | 1999 | 1,261 |
| 35 | Hiring as Cultural Matching Lauren A. Rivera · American Sociological Review | 28 Nov 2012 | 1,233 |
| 36 | Network Support and the Success of Newly Founded Business Josef Brüderl, Peter Preisendörfer · Small Business Economics | May 1998 | 1,227 |
| 37 | Assimilation and Transnationalism: Determinants of Transnational Political Action among Contemporary Migrants Luis Eduardo Guarnizo, Alejandro Portes, William J. Haller · American Journal of Sociology | May 2003 | 1,174 |
| 38 | Self-employment in OECD countries David G. Blanchflower · Labour Economics | Sep 2000 | 1,168 |
| 39 | Educated Preferences: Explaining Attitudes Toward Immigration in Europe Jens Hainmueller, Michael Hiscox · International Organization | Apr 2007 | 1,159 |
| 40 | Some Empirical Aspects of Entrepreneurship David S. Evans, Linda S. Leighton · Studies in industrial organization | 1990 | 1,143 |
| 41 | The Impact of Immigrants on Host Country Wages, Employment and Growth Rachel M. Friedberg, Jennifer C. Hunt · The Journal of Economic Perspectives | May 1995 | 1,131 |
| 42 | Acculturation Attitudes in Plural Societies John W. Berry, U. Kim, sponsor Power et al. · Applied Psychology | Apr 1989 | 1,126 |
| 43 | Ethnicity and race : making identities in a changing world Stephen Cornell, Douglas Hartmann | 2007 | 1,120 |
| 44 | Growing Up American: The Challenge Confronting Immigrant Children and Children of Immigrants Min Zhou · Annual Review of Sociology | Aug 1997 | 1,118 |
| 45 | The Economic Analysis of Immigration George J. Borjas · Handbook of labour economics | 1999 | 1,113 |
| 46 | You Say Illegal, I Say Legitimate: Entrepreneurship in the Informal Economy Justin Wolfgang Webb, László Tihanyi, R. Duane Ireland et al. · Academy of Management Review | Jul 2009 | 1,060 |
| 47 | A Theory of Middleman Minorities Edna Bonacich · American Sociological Review | Oct 1973 | 1,052 |
| 48 | Transnationalization in international migration: implications for the study of citizenship and culture Thomas Faist · Ethnic and Racial Studies | 2000 | 1,027 |
| 49 | Country-of-Origin Effects for Uni-National and Bi-National Products C. Min Han, Vern Terpstra · Journal of International Business Studies | Jun 1988 | 977 |
| 50 | Transnational Entrepreneurs: An Alternative Form of Immigrant Economic Adaptation Alejandro Portes, Luis Eduardo Guarnizo, William J. Haller · American Sociological Review | Apr 2002 | 973 |
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