Riosmena Fernando
Associate Professor at the Population Program and the Geography Department at the University of Colorado at Boulder. His research looks at the role of U.S. immigration policy and social, economic, and environmental conditions in sending communities on the migration dynamics between Latin America and the United States.
Ann Am Acad Pol Soc Sci. 2016;666(1):28-45. doi: 10.1177/0002716216650629. Epub 2016 Jun 14.
This article is an overview of household survey approaches for the comparative study of international migration dynamics. Focusing on differences in the drivers of international mobility at different times and places, I highlight the problems of obtaining data with adequate representation across time periods and geographies, and discuss a broad constellation of prospective and retrospective approaches, paying particular attention to the migration ethnosurvey. I place this methodology within a broader constellation of prospective and retrospective data collection techniques, briefly describing the advantages and disadvantages of each and summarizing the commonalities and differences of ethnosurvey approaches adopted around the world. In particular, I discuss the potential and limitations of cross-context research and suggest post hoc case selection and other adjustments to ameliorate problems. I conclude with ideas about how case and sample selection can help to bolster migration studies in the future.
本文是关于国际移民动态比较研究的家庭调查方法综述。着眼于不同时期和地点国际流动驱动因素的差异，我强调了获取跨时间段和地域具有充分代表性的数据所存在的问题，并讨论了一系列广泛的前瞻性和回顾性方法，尤其关注移民民族志调查。我将这种方法置于更广泛的前瞻性和回顾性数据收集技术体系中，简要描述每种方法的优缺点，并总结世界各地采用的民族志调查方法的异同。特别是，我讨论了跨背景研究的潜力和局限性，并提出事后案例选择及其他调整措施以改善问题。最后，我提出了关于案例和样本选择如何有助于推动未来移民研究的想法。
