This paper investigates how the implication of rural-urban migration for the rural fertility rate in LDCs is influenced by the ways the reward from this migration is generated and utilized by the rural family. It is shown that to maximize the capital stock needed for agricultural transformation parents in the rural sector send the children to the urban sector and invest the resulting capital (g...

The Second Canadian Conference on Literacy and Health addressed issues of health literacy, culture, and linguistic diversity. This article aims to introduce the presenters' ideas, reports of the learners' discussion, and attendees' recommendations. There is also a literature review of the links between health literacy and use of health services among newcomers in Canada. Newcomers to Canada ten...

In order to explore how ethnic minorities in China reshape their perception of themselves today, I conducted field research K Village southwest China. this anthropological about village which has a majority Yi minorities, did in-depth interviews, discourse analysis, and participatory observance examine the conflicts between three different identities, tensions behind contemporary society, histo...

Increasing religious diversity caused by immigration is often perceived as a threat to national majority members' (non)religious worldviews. However, defensive reactions are not inevitable. Building on the social identity approach and motivated construction theory, we argue that worldviews satisfy motivational needs may promote support for minorities' rights. We tested this hypothesis in sample...

North American Gaels: Speech, Story, and Song in the Diaspora, Natasha Sumner Aidan Doyle (Eds), Kingston & Montreal: McGill-Queens University Press, 2020, 511 pp.. Un article de la revue Minorités linguistiques et société / Linguistic Minorities Society (Varia) diffusée par plateforme Érudit.

We explore the effects of local ethnic and religious diversity on individual donations to private charities. Using 10-year neighborhood-level panels derived from personal tax records in Canada, we find that diversity has a detrimental effect on charitable donations. A 10 percentage point increase in ethnic diversity reduces donations by 14%, and a 10 percentage point increase in religious diver...