Essays about: "The New Economics of Labour Migration"

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1. 1. Aunque les cueste la vida/ Even if it will cost them their life : A study of irregular migration between Guatemala and the United States of America and the effects it has on the Maya communities

   University essay from Jönköping University/HLK, Globala studier

   Author : Paulina Åström; Esther Elgaard; [2023]
   Keywords : Guatemala; Irregular Migration; Maya Community; USAID; Corruption; IOM; NGO; Return migration;

   Abstract : Today, many Guatemalans flee the country and leave their home communities behind due to poor living conditions and high unemployment. Irregular migration involves many risks yet is for many seen as a necessity to live a purposeful life. READ MORE

3. 2. The Formation of Return Migration Intentions: An Intra-Household Analysis of Foreign Families Residing in Italy

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Arianna Sica; [2018]
   Keywords : return migration; migration intentions; intra-household analysis; gender and migration; Italy; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This study inspects the micro-determinants of return intentions for foreign nuclear families in Italy. In particular, I argue against the unitary nature of households and focus on intra-household patterns of decision-making, which have been largely neglected by previous studies. READ MORE

4. 3. Environmental Migration in Bolivia? : Perceived effects of climate variability on internal migration to the area of Sacaba

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

   Author : Sara Poppler Carredano; [2016]
   Keywords : Bolivia; Sacaba; Climate change; Climate Variability; Environmental migration; Push and Pull; The New Economics of Labour Migration;

   Abstract : There has been an on-going discussion between researchers regarding the economic and climate induced reasons for migration (Renaud et al. 2011, Afifi, 2011).  There also seems to be insufficient data when it comes to internal migration within low-income countries (Tacolí, 2009). READ MORE

5. 4. The Healthy Immigrant Effect (HIE) in the UK.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Manuel Serrano Alarcon; [2015]
   Keywords : native-born; immigration; self-reported health; inequality; Healthy Immigrant Effect; Business and Economics; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The so-called “Healthy Immigrant Effect” (HIE) is based on two complementary hypotheses: i) immigrants who recently arrived to a new country present a better health than the native-born population with similar socio-demographic characteristics; ii) immigrant´s health deteriorates faster than that of the native-born and converges towards native-born levels with the years lived in the host country. This phenomenon has been widely studied for working immigrants in countries who have traditionally received large flows of labour migration as Australia, Canada and the US. READ MORE

6. 5. The role of poor rural families economic situation in the decision-making process concerning migration : A field study conducted in Kebumen Regency, Java, Indonesia

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

   Author : Sophie Gripenberg; Jonatan Björkman; [2014]
   Keywords : Indonesia; external migration; domestic worker; low-skilled; new labour of;

   Abstract : The main objective of this bachelor thesis is to analyse the dynamic and complex decision-making process that households with temporary overseas migrating family members do before migrating. The aim of this thesis is to understand why this phenomenon occurs in less developed areas, though the background of the thesis is trying to address the need of positive relationship between migration and development. READ MORE