Institutional theory and family migration -- Hong Kong's institutional background -- pt. 1. Cosmopolitan emigrants -- The Luk family : exit and return of emigrant planners -- The Chou and Leung families : immigrant entrepreneurs -- Francis Kwong : the professional's dilemma -- pt. 2. The rooted...

Many migrants have non-labour motives to migrate and they differ substantially in their migration behaviour. Family migrants main migration motive is to join their future spouse. Thus, when their relation breaks down this influences their return decision. Using administrative panel data on the...

This paper investigates the link between family ties and return migration using Danish full population register data. Couples returning from Denmark to the non-Nordic countries are positively selected with respect to income of the primary earner. Positive selection holds for male and female...