The impact of having foreign-born parents on migration: A study of Swedish emigrants
(2018) EKHS01 20181Department of Economic History
- Abstract
- Return migration among the second generation has been a topic of interest for researchers in the last decade, but little quantitative research has been done. Identity, feelings of belonging and moving when entering a new life stage have been proposed as reasons for the second generations to move back to their ancestral home. Using a dataset on emigrants from Sweden, this research describes the migration patterns and the impact of having foreign-born parents. By using maximum-likelihood models, the paper aims at exploring potential differences in migration patterns, explain return migration and differences in satisfaction with their stay abroad, based on their parent’s origin. This study finds that most individuals with foreign-born parents... (More)
- Return migration among the second generation has been a topic of interest for researchers in the last decade, but little quantitative research has been done. Identity, feelings of belonging and moving when entering a new life stage have been proposed as reasons for the second generations to move back to their ancestral home. Using a dataset on emigrants from Sweden, this research describes the migration patterns and the impact of having foreign-born parents. By using maximum-likelihood models, the paper aims at exploring potential differences in migration patterns, explain return migration and differences in satisfaction with their stay abroad, based on their parent’s origin. This study finds that most individuals with foreign-born parents have the same migration pattern as those with Swedish-born parents. Second-generation returnees is found to migrate to different destinations. The migration pattern is also found to differ as second-generation returnees are more likely to stay in their migration destination and less likely to move back to Sweden compared to the individuals with Swedish-born parents. Second-generation return migration is found to be associated with lower education and migration at younger ages or retirement age, and they are found to be less satisfied with their stay abroad compared to the individuals with Swedish-born parents. (Less)
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- author
- Tømmerås, Ane LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- EKHS01 20181
- year
- 2018
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- emigration, migration patterns, second-generation return migration
- language
- English
- id
- 8952369
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- 2018-08-20 14:51:27
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- 2018-08-20 14:51:27
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abstract = {{Return migration among the second generation has been a topic of interest for researchers in the last decade, but little quantitative research has been done. Identity, feelings of belonging and moving when entering a new life stage have been proposed as reasons for the second generations to move back to their ancestral home. Using a dataset on emigrants from Sweden, this research describes the migration patterns and the impact of having foreign-born parents. By using maximum-likelihood models, the paper aims at exploring potential differences in migration patterns, explain return migration and differences in satisfaction with their stay abroad, based on their parent’s origin. This study finds that most individuals with foreign-born parents have the same migration pattern as those with Swedish-born parents. Second-generation returnees is found to migrate to different destinations. The migration pattern is also found to differ as second-generation returnees are more likely to stay in their migration destination and less likely to move back to Sweden compared to the individuals with Swedish-born parents. Second-generation return migration is found to be associated with lower education and migration at younger ages or retirement age, and they are found to be less satisfied with their stay abroad compared to the individuals with Swedish-born parents.}},
author = {{Tømmerås, Ane}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{The impact of having foreign-born parents on migration: A study of Swedish emigrants}},
year = {{2018}},
}