Showing 1 - 10 of 25
This paper investigates the relationship between transnational practices and integration by testing whether they are … three dimensions and their aggregated index are then compared to both structural and socio-cultural integration. The …, Burundi, Ethiopia and Afghanistan. Our results show that both structural and socio-cultural integration provides tentative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010729232
innovative research methodologies. As technology and migration are considered prominent drivers of the globalization processes …, the increasing interest of migration researchers is unsurprising. Nevertheless, given the relative youth of research in … disciplines, this paper provides a broad overview of the current state of research on migration and social media in four key areas …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856326
This paper aims to understand the links between migration and poverty at the community level. Most of the research to … date on the links between migration and poverty has been conducted at the micro level, while research related to migration …) education, 3) livelihood and 4) health. We look at different rates of poverty by migration/remittance prevalence and country …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856384
Immigrant access to social protection in the Netherlands has changed quite markedly over time. This paper discusses the changes from an historical perspective and introduces a theoretical framework (the Welfare Pentagon) explaining how immigrants cope with (economic) hardship when they do not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856417
Migration of skilled workers from developing countries has increased substantially in recent years. Traditionally, such … importance to the development and reduction of poverty levels. Therefore, any loss of skilled workers through migration was … incentive and feedback effects which skilled migration has on sending countries' development as well as on other stakeholders …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856481
then aggregated together as an index. Well-being is also broken down by age group and migration status of the household … (current migrant, return migrant and no migration experience). Migration in and of itself does not seem to have a negative … results suggest that migration does not play a significant role in shaping elderly well-being outcomes, contrary to popular …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712136
Using the specific case of the International Organization for Migration's (IOM) Temporary Return of Qualified Nationals …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712238
. Well-being outcomes are then compared by age group, primary caregiver, migration status of the household (current migrant …, return migrant, or no migration experience), and by who has migrated within the household. It was found that migration in and … living standards experienced by the household are much stronger predictors of well-being than household migration status in a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712323
this in mind, this study examines whether such a migration strategy rests on remittance transfers as an alternative source … of income, exploiting the way in which migration is financed as a discriminating factor. Our results show remittance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011119954
Immigrant access to social protection in the Netherlands has changed quite markedly over time. This paper discusses the changes from an historical perspective and introduces a theoretical framework (the Welfare Pentagon) explaining how immigrants cope with (economic) hardship when they do not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009643537