John Isbister

1.4k citations
19 papers · 898 indexed · h-index 11

Impact in

    • Migration and Labor Dynamics
    • Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
    • Migration, Refugees, and Integration
    • Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
    • Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
  • Demography top 5%

Papers in

John Isbister

17 papers receiving 676 citations

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John Isbister
Comparison fields: 5 of 73
  • Sociology and Political Science 638
  • Demography 110
  • Economics and Econometrics 216
  • General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 56
  • Gender Studies 59
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All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
#Work
1
Promises not kept : poverty and the betrayal of Third World development
200316
2 200015
3 199810
4 199898
5 199814
6 1997453
7 19975
8
Are Immigration Controls Ethical
199614
9
The immigration debate
19967
10 199624
11
THE LENDING PERFORMANCE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CREDIT UNIONS
19922
12
Freud, an introduction to his life and work
19855
13 1978197
14 197713
15 19735
16 197111
17 19691
18 19681
19
The impact of birth control programs on fertility.
19667

About John Isbister

John Isbister is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Accounting, Urban Studies, Sociology and Political Science and Cultural Studies, having authored 19 papers that have together received 898 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Migration and Labor Dynamics (3 papers), Economic Growth and Productivity (2 papers), Income, Poverty, and Inequality (2 papers), Taxation and Compliance Studies (2 papers), Education Systems and Policy (2 papers), Urban and Rural Development Challenges (1 paper), Canadian Identity and History (1 paper) and International Law and Human Rights (1 paper). The work is most often cited by research in Sociology and Political Science (638 citations), Demography (110 citations), Economics and Econometrics (216 citations), General Agricultural and Biological Sciences (56 citations) and Gender Studies (59 citations). John Isbister has collaborated with scholars based in United States. Frequent co-authors include James P. Smith, Barry Edmonston, Michael Lipton and Michael P. Todaro. Their work appears in journals such as International Migration Review, Economic Development and Cultural Change, Population and Development Review, Demography and Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d économique.

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