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This paper investigates the relationship between transnational practices and integration by testing whether they are substitutes or complements. For this purpose, we use a multidimensional transnationalism index. The index includes three dimensions of transnational practices, including migrants'...
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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 …
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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...
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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 …
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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 …
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Using the specific case of the International Organization for Migration's (IOM) Temporary Return of Qualified Nationals …
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. 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 …
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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 …
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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
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/10009643543