Abstract
“Push and pull theory” is one of the most important theories for studying floating population and immigrants. The theory holds that the reasons for migration and immigration are because people can improve their living conditions through migration. As a result, the factors that have caused immigrants to improve their living conditions in the inflow areas have become the pull force of the floating population, and the unfavorable socio-economic conditions of the outflow areas have become the thrust of the floating population. Population migration is accomplished through the combined effect of the thrust of the outflow areas and the pull force of the inflow areas. This chapter attempts to use this theory to analyze the motivation of Jewish refugees’ fleeing to China during the World War II.
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Li (2000).
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Sales (2011).
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Song (2007).
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Sales, Understanding Immigration and Refugee Policy: Contradictions and Continuities, p. 30.
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Sales, Understanding Immigration and Refugee Policy: Contradictions and Continuities, p. 30.
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Saggar (1992).
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Goucher and Walton (2013).
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Sales, Understanding Immigration and Refugee Policy: Contradictions and Continuities, p. 68.
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Todaro (1969).
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Shenbao, December 5, 1938, Shanghai.
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Central Zionist Archives, Doc. No. Z4/2039.
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See the Annex II to the Chap. 3.
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He (1939).
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Wen Junxiong translated, “Historical Materials on Chinese and Foreign Charities Assisting European Jewish refugees in Shanghai (3)”, Republican Archives, 2000, No. 2.
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M. Boyd, Family and personal networks in international migration: recent developments and new agendas, International Migration Review, Vol. 23, pp. 638–670.
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Pan and Wang (2002).
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Pan, G. (2019). The Push-Pull Theory and Motivations of Jewish Refugees. In: A Study of Jewish Refugees in China (1933–1945). Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9483-6_9
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