Take Me “Home”: Determinants of Return Migration Among Germany’s Elderly Immigrants
DOI:
关键词: Socioeconomic status 、 Demographic economics 、 Framing (social sciences) 、 Economics 、 German 、 Development economics 、 Immigration 、 Human migration 、 Emigration
摘要: This paper examines the determinants of return migration as foreign-born individuals approach old age in Germany. Return later life engages a different set conditions than earlier on, including framing possible retirement strategy. Using data from German Socioeconomic Panel, results suggest that later-life emigrants are “negatively selected” on basis economic resources. However, family resources such spousal characteristics and ties to kin “home” “host” countries also shape decisions return. Results this highlight broader importance within processes international immigrant incorporation.
参考文章(47)
Patricia B. Reagan, Randall J. Olsen, You can go home again: evidence from longitudinal data. Demography. ,vol. 37, pp. 339- 350 ,(2000) , 10.2307/2648046
Alberto Palloni, Elizabeth Arias, Paradox Lost: Explaining the Hispanic Adult Mortality Advantage Demography. ,vol. 41, pp. 385- 415 ,(2004) , 10.1353/DEM.2004.0024
Janet M. Wilmoth, Living Arrangements Among Older Immigrants in the United States Gerontologist. ,vol. 41, pp. 228- 238 ,(2001) , 10.1093/GERONT/41.2.228
A. Rogers, J. Raymer, Immigration and the Regional Demographics of the Elderly Population in the United States Journals of Gerontology Series B-psychological Sciences and Social Sciences. ,vol. 56, pp. 44- 55 ,(2001) , 10.1093/GERONB/56.1.S44
Sara R. Curran, Estela Rivero-Fuentes, Engendering migrant networks: the case of Mexican migration. Demography. ,vol. 40, pp. 289- 307 ,(2003) , 10.1353/DEM.2003.0011
Christian Joppke, Why Liberal States Accept Unwanted Immigration World Politics. ,vol. 50, pp. 266- 293 ,(1998) , 10.1017/S004388710000811X
Hiroshi Motomura, We Asked for Workers, But Families Came: Time, Law, and the Family in Immigration and Citizenship Social Science Research Network. ,(2007)
Hermann Kurthen, Immigration and the Welfare State in Comparison: Differences in the Incorporation of Immigrant Minorities in Germany and the United States International Migration Review. ,vol. 31, pp. 721- 731 ,(1997) , 10.1177/019791839703100310
Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing, Worlds in Motion Words in Motion. pp. 11- 17 ,(2009) , 10.1215/9780822391104-002
Michael E. Fix, Trends in Noncitizens' and Citizens' Use of Public Benefits Following Welfare Reform: 1994-97 The Urban Institute. ,(1999)