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Michael J. White

Researcher at Brown University

Publications -  114
Citations -  5352

Michael J. White is an academic researcher from Brown University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Internal migration. The author has an hindex of 38, co-authored 107 publications receiving 4899 citations. Previous affiliations of Michael J. White include University of the Witwatersrand & Urban Institute.

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Segregation and diversity measures in population distribution

TL;DR: The relationship between measures of population diversity and measures of segregation are shown, to describe the salient properties of these indexes, and to demonstrate the empirical interrelationships among them.
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The UCL–Lancet Commission on Migration and Health: the health of a world on the move

TL;DR: The most prominent dialogue focuses almost exclusively on migration from LMICs to high-income countries (HICs), where nationalist movements assert so-called cultural sovereignty by delineating an us versus them rhetoric, creating a moral emergency.
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The Measurement of Spatial Segregation.

TL;DR: In this paper, the spatial relationships among the geographic parcels were incorporated into the dissimilarity index and its competitors, and the proposed proximity statistic is compared with other indices and is found to be somewhat successful in distinguishing between single-cluster and multiplecluster residential settlement patterns.
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Post-secondary school participation of immigrant and native youth: the role of familial resources and educational expectations

TL;DR: This paper examined how structural background and familial resources, such as parental involvement and parental expectations, are translated into differential participation in post-secondary education by first and second-generation youth from different racial and ethnic groups.