4. Social Networks and International Migration

2013 ◽  
pp. 79-106 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
International Migration

Opting in to Opt out? Emigration and Group Participation in Albania

2016 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 1046-1075 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristina Cattaneo
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
International Migration ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Empirical Estimation ◽  
Group Participation ◽  
Social Organizations ◽  
Variable Approach ◽  
Opt Out ◽  
The Family ◽  
Instrumental Variable Approach

The objective of this paper is to determine whether the participation in social organizations represents a complement or a substitute with respect to international emigration. To address this research question, an instrumental variable approach is used, as group participation and international migration are potentially jointly determined. This is the case if the family considers emigration and group participation as alternative strategies to cope with uncertainty or a liquidity need, or alternatively when the family decides to invest in group participation in order to gain information helpful to emigrate. The results of the empirical estimation reveal that families participating in social organizations are more likely to migrate internationally and therefore social networks act as a complement for emigration. This may indicate that families recourse to social networks in order to collect important information that facilitates international migration.

Book Reviews

2015 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 371-374 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Educational Attainment ◽  
International Migration ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Formal Institutions ◽  
Family Ties ◽  
University Of Rome

Fabio Sabatini of Sapienza University of Rome reviews “Immigrant Networks and Social Capital”, by Carl L. Bankston III. The Econlit abstract of this book begins: “Examines issues in social capital research, showing how economic and social contexts shape networks in the process of migration, and assesses the strengths and weaknesses of this approach to the study of international migration. Discusses social networks in immigration; immigration and social capital; networks within and across nations; family ties; enclaves, neighborhoods, and communities; the role of formal institutions; adaptation─employment and the economy; adaptation─educational attainment and achievement; and networks, social capital, and immigrants.” Bankston is Professor of Sociology at Tulane University.

scholarly journals The Flow of Labour and Goods in Canada’s International Migration System: 1986-1996

2007 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 241
Author(s):  
Ann H. Kim
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
International Migration ◽  
Host Country ◽  
Export Trade ◽  
Immigrant Communities ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Migration System ◽  
Migration Flows ◽  
Source Countries ◽  
Empirical Implications

This paper reviews the theoretical and empirical implications of multiple linkages between countries for migration flows to Canada, from 1986 to 1996. The findings reveal that for a given year, social networks and export trade were the two key factors that determined the variation of in-migration flows across source countries. The examination of change in the migration system showed that changes in migration flows were more likely to be explained by changes in the level of development in origin countries and in the size of immigrant communities in the host country than by changes in the value of economic trade.

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