Liu, Mao-Mei - In: Demography 50 (2013) 4, pp. 1243-1277
(France, Italy, and Spain), this article tests the robustness of network theory—and in particular, the role of weak ties …—on first-time migration between Senegal and Europe. Discrete-time hazard model results confirm that weak ties are important and … ties are more important than weak ties for male and female migration. Indeed, weak ties play an especially important role …