Seasonal migration

(noun)

Movement from one place to another generally associated with agriculture and tourism; seasonal agricultural migrants follow crop cycles, moving from place to place to plant or harvest crops.

Related Terms

Examples of Seasonal migration in the following topics:

  • Migration

    • Seasonal migration is generally associated with agriculture and tourism.
    • Seasonal agricultural migrants follow crop cycles, moving from place to place to plant or harvest crops.
    • Some countries, including the United States, allow special permits for seasonal agricultural workers to temporarily work in the country without granting full citizenship rights.
    • Seasonal tourists seek out certain natural amenities, like snow-capped mountains for skiing and winter sports or desert sunshine for a break from oppressive winters.
    • Discuss the types of migration in society and the various theories that explain migration

  • Three Demographic Variables

    • (Births - Deaths) +/- ((In-Migration) - (Out Migration)) = Population Change.
    • Changes in population size can be predicted based on changes in fertility, mortality, and migration rates.
    • Net migration is the mathematical difference between those migrating into a country and those migrating out of a country.
    • However, when dealing with ethnic groups, "net migration" might have to be subdivided into physical migration and ethnic re-identification (assimilation).
    • This means that population growth in the US is due to inward migration, rather than a high birthrate.

  • Introduction

    • It encompasses the study of the size, structure and distribution of populations, and how populations change over time due to births, deaths, migration, and aging.

  • Levinson

    • Levinson's two most important books were Seasons of a Man's Life and Seasons of a Woman's Life, which continue to be highly influential works.

  • Migration

  • Societal Development

    • In most cases these groups do not have a continuous history of hunting and gathering; in many cases their ancestors were agriculturalists who were pushed into marginal areas as a result of migrations and wars.
    • It is often the case that, like hunter-gatherers, pastoralists are nomadic, moving seasonally in search of fresh pastures and water for their animals.

  • Market-Oriented Theories

    • The wages earned by various employees can be used to illustrate market-oriented theories of inequality: Doctors are paid high wages because their services are widely needed and require extensive training that few have; by contrast, seasonal agricultural laborers are poorly compensated because the demand for their services is limited and a large pool of unqualified laborers is qualified for the job.
    • According to market-oriented theories of inequality, the low wage earned by seasonal agricultural laborers will encourage members of the labor pool to acquire other skills, which in term will raise the wage earned by agricultural laborers.

  • Race and Genetics

    • Ongoing genetic research has investigated how ancestral human populations migrated in the ancestral geographic environment into different geographic areas.
    • Such analysis can pinpoint the migrational history of a person's ancestors with a high degree of accuracy.

  • The Lower Class

    • Store cashiers, seasonal farmhands, and tollbooth operators may all be considered members of the lower class.

  • Property Crime

    • Fall and winter are peak seasons for burglary in Denmark.
    • Fall and winter are peak seasons for burglary in Denmark.