scholarly journals Wealth formation by economic agents and their international mobility: towards an eclectic migration decision-support framework

2020 ◽  
pp. 33-60
Author(s):  
Barbara Jancewicz ◽  
Stefan Markowski
Keyword(s):  
International Migration ◽  
Migration Decision ◽  
Major Influence ◽  
Centrifugal Forces ◽  
International Mobility ◽  
Economic Agents ◽  
Decision Support Framework ◽  
Complex Decision ◽  
Decision Mechanisms ◽  
Global Population

International migration has been a major influence on the economic and social development of nations. Nevertheless, a vast majority of the global population continues to reside in their country of birth. While income/wealth differentials between states create centrifugal forces responsible for migration, impediments to international mobility of human, financial, physical and social capital assets work in the centripetal direction. This paper reviews a large segment of the extant literature on international migration to probe economic influences on people’s international mobility and immobility decisions. It aims to refine and extend the neoclassical foundations of migration theory and to outline howpotentially complex decision mechanisms used by potentially mobile economic agents may be modified to simplify the complexity inherent in such choices so that immobility is often a default outcome of indecision.

scholarly journals Decision support framework for the regional facility location and development planning problem

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Kik ◽  
Matthias Gerhard Wichmann ◽  
Thomas Stefan Spengler
Keyword(s):  
Decision Support ◽  
Facility Location ◽  
Future Orientation ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Major Influence ◽  
Location Decisions ◽  
Planning Problem ◽  
Location Factor ◽  
Decision Support Framework

AbstractLocation choice is a crucial planning task with major influence on a company’s future orientation and competitiveness. It is quite complex, since multiple location factors are usually of decision-relevance, incomparable, and sometimes conflictual. Further, ongoing urbanization is associated with locational dynamics posing major challenges for the regional location management of companies and municipalities. For example, respecting urban space as location factor, a scarcity growing over time leads to different assessment and requirements on a company’s behalf. For both companies and municipalities, there is a need for location development which implies an active change of location factor characteristics. Accordingly, considering locational dynamics is vital, as they may be decisive in the location decision-making. Although certain dynamics are considered within conventional Facility Location Problem (FLP) approaches, a systematic consideration of active location development is missing so far. Consequently, they may propagate long-term unfavorable location decisions, as major potentials associated with company-driven and municipal development measures are neglected. Therefore, this paper introduces a comprehensive decision support framework for the Regional Facility Location and Development planning Problem (RFLDP). It provides an operationalization of development measures, and thus anticipates dynamic adaptations to the environment. An established multi-criteria approach is extended to this new application. A complementary guideline ensures its meaningful applicability by practitioners. Based on a real-life case study, the decision support framework’s strength for practical application is demonstrated. Here, major advantages over conventional FLP approaches are highlighted. It is shown that the proposed methodology results in alternative location decisions which are structurally superior.

scholarly journals International Migration to Seville

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 355-378
Author(s):  
Selda Dudu
Keyword(s):  
Field Study ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
International Migration ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Migration Decision ◽  
Main Determinants ◽  
The Empirical Analysis

Every year many people are willing to migrate due to several reasons. It is observed that there are many immigrants who live in Seville, which is the capital city of Andalusia. This study aims to explore the motivations behind people's decision to migrate and to where: What are the motivations of immigrants to migrate to Seville? We use data from several resources for the empirical analysis and the field study relies on the survey which is made with immigrants living in Seville. It concludes that security, economic, social and geographic conditions of the origin country can be the main determinants of the migration decision and the migration destination.

The Information Communication Technology, Social Media, International Migration and Migrants’ Relations with Kin in Nigeria

2020 ◽  
pp. 002190962096014
Author(s):  
Olayinka Akanle ◽  
OA Fayehun ◽  
S Oyelakin
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
International Migration ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Information Communication Technology ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Migration Decision ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Kinship Networks ◽  
International Migrants

Studies abound on international migration and remittances across the world and studies are particularly not lacking on the subject in Africa. There are however few studies on the moderating roles of information communication technology (ICT) and social media in the relationships among international migration, remittances and relationships in Sub-Saharan Africa. This article examines the dimension of ICT and social media in migration studies. This is an aspect that has often been ignored and overlooked even though ICT and social media have great contributions in the international migration process particularly as migrants and relatives in sending and receiving countries both have the primary experience. Research objectives include: reasons for emigration; information technology/social media used by migrants and their kin as they relate across spaces; and how ICT affects relationships of kin and international migrants. Secondary data were gathered through journals, books, documents and reliable Internet sources. Primary data were gathered in Ibadan, Nigeria in 2018 through 30 in-depth interviews analysed through content analysis. Findings reveal the nature of ICT used by international migrants and their kin and purpose of utilization and the effects of ICT on international migration, remittances and kinship networks. The article presents detailed data, narratives, interpretations and implications of relationships among international migration, ICT/social media and kinship networks. This article argues that ICT/social media is central to international migration decision-making, access of migrants and kin to social forces and factors motivating international migration, and it is very important to how migrants and kin maintain and/or weaken relationships and access to remittances and utilization.

scholarly journals Does International Migration Pay Off? The Labor Market Situation of Finnish Return Migrants Based on Longitudinal Register Data

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 49
Author(s):  
Saara Koikkalainen ◽  
Ritva Linnakangas ◽  
Asko Suikkanen
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
International Migration ◽  
Market Integration ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Register Data ◽  
International Mobility ◽  
Return Migrants ◽  
Flexible Labor ◽  
Market Situation ◽  
Market Status

International mobility is a form of flexible labor market adaptation available for young Nordic nationals who have the privilege of relatively easy return if life abroad does not work out. The article considers mobility as a labor market transition and examines the pre- and post-migration situation of two Finnish return migrant groups—those who lived abroad in 1999 and in 2004—based on longitudinal register data. It considers the consequences of return for an individual migrant: is it a form of failure in labor market integration in the country of destination or rather a sign of success whereby the skills, resources, and experiences gained abroad are brought back to the country of origin. Migrants who leave Finland nowadays often opt to move to other Nordic countries and are younger, more educated, and have a better socio-economic status than previous migrant generations. The article demonstrates that international migration does not deteriorate the returnees’ labor market status. While re-entry into the Finnish labor market may take some time and flexibility, mobility seems to pay off and have beneficial consequences: return migrants earn higher taxable incomes and have lower unemployment rates than their peers who only stayed in the national labor markets..

scholarly journals Between Origin and Destination: German Migrants and the Individual Consequences of Their Global Lives

2021 ◽  
pp. 3-20
Author(s):  
Marcel Erlinghagen ◽  
Andreas Ette ◽  
Norbert F. Schneider ◽  
Nils Witte
Keyword(s):  
International Migration ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
Welfare States ◽  
International Mobility ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Life Chances ◽  
Mobile Population ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Life Course

AbstractDuring the twentieth century, international migration was mainly understood as immigration into economically highly developed welfare states. This has changed over the course of recent decades because these countries are meanwhile also understood as important sources of international mobility. Whereas international mobility experiences have potentially far-reaching consequences for social inequalities and life chances, migration studies have only little experience in analysing international migration from those economically highly developed welfare states. This introduction frames the chapters in this volume that contribute to fill this gap by examining the individual consequences of global lives not only as a question of migrants’ integration into receiving societies (destination). Rather, the consequences of international mobility are also studied by comparing migrants with the non-mobile population of the country of origin (origin) and as results of specific trajectories (migration) in individual life courses during the migration process (Destination-Origin-Migration Approach). The introduction also provides an overview of how this approach is utilised by the different chapters of the book, all based on the German Emigration and Remigration Panel Study (GERPS), which provides a comprehensive empirical basis for studying the consequences of international migration along four dimensions of the life course: employment and social mobility, partner and family, wellbeing and health, as well as friends and social integration.

Migration, Immigration, and Refugees

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrés Solimano
Keyword(s):  
International Migration ◽  
Total Population ◽  
Forced Migration ◽  
International Mobility ◽  
Real Wages ◽  
Net Worth ◽  
Job Opportunities ◽  
Working Age ◽  
Migration Flows ◽  
And Migration

The international mobility of people and migration flows are critically influenced by differences in per capita incomes, real wages, job opportunities, institutional capacities and living standards across nations and cities. Its dynamics are shaped by social networks and regulated by the migration policies of receiving countries. International migration represents around 3.3% of world’s population; up from 2.7% in 1995. It is composed mainly of working-age people, with men and women migrants being in roughly equal numbers. Historically, the globalization process of the late 19th and early 20th centuries was also accompanied by large migration flows, mostly, from the “Old World” (Europe) to the “New World” (United States, Canada, Argentina, Australia, and other countries in the Global South). Starting in the 1980s migration has increased relative to a rise in total population, although the share of international migration to total population was, on average, higher in the first wave of globalization of the 1870–1914 period. Main substantive topics and new themes in the field of international migration include: (a) the motivations and determinants of the international mobility of the wealthy (High-Net Worth Individuals, HNWIs), a largely unexplored topic in the literature of international migration; (b) the international migration of talent (high-skills, educated, and gifted people), (c) the linkages between the mobility of talent and the mobility of capital and their evolution over time affected by macro regimes and international conditions, (d) The relation between macroeconomic and financial crises (e.g., the 2008–2009 crisis), stagnation traps and immigration flows, (e) the influence of international migration on inequality within and between countries, and (f) forced migration, displaced population and humanitarian crises, following war, violence, persecution, and human rights violations.

Demoralization-led migration in Bangladesh: A sense of insecurity-based decision-making model

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 351-370
Author(s):  
AKM Ahsan Ullah ◽  
Ahmed Shafiqul Huque
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
International Migration ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Large Body ◽  
The Body ◽  
Migration Decision ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Migration Decisions ◽  
Political Conditions ◽  
Decision Making Model

Political hostility, unrest and flawed governance cause insecurity leading to demoralization, which triggers migration. There is a large body of literature on the determinants of international migration that highlights a range of factors to explain the direction and strength of migrant flows. For this research we interviewed 32 respondents who were a control group in a study conducted a decade ago. These respondents were determined not to migrate, but their migration decision was reversed over a period of 10 years. This article explores the relation between a sense of insecurity and the demoralization that influences migration decisions. It further investigates the causes that contributed to this change. As democracy shrinks, authoritarianism expands, implying that there is no accountability. This leads a country to widespread corruption, creating severe social injustices. People in general become demoralized and decide to migrate out. This article adds to the body of work by focusing on whether the migration decision is a response to widespread corruption, prevailing political conditions, violence, conflict, poor governance, an absence of rule of law and freedom or declining of democratic space in Bangladesh.

Stories of Love and Marriage in the Modern British Diaspora

2020 ◽  
pp. 220-237
Author(s):  
A. James Hammerton
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Twentieth Century ◽  
National Identity ◽  
International Migration ◽  
Migration Decision ◽  
Oral Testimony ◽  
Late Twentieth ◽  
Emotional Landscape ◽  
Late Twentieth Century

The modern British diaspora of the late twentieth century was marked by material changes that transformed aspects of the migrant experience from the 1980s. Working from oral testimony, this chapter explores ways in which those changes, embodying a “mobility of modernity,” worked to elevate love to a primary motivator of migration and to shift the emotional landscape of international migration from the earlier mid-century promotion of romantic ideals, or an “emotional revolution,” identified by Claire Langhamer. Young, single migrants, increasingly cosmopolitan in outlook, could prioritize self-fulfillment and exploration over employment, creating greater space for emotional influence in migration decision-making. Heightened emotional investment could further stimulate more fluid attitudes to national identity, as love interests inspired enhanced loyalties to countries of settlement.

scholarly journals Migrasi Internasional dan Kondisi Kesehatan Anak yang Ditinggalkan di Jawa Barat dan Jawa Timur

Populasi ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 17
Author(s):  
Idris Ihwanudin
Keyword(s):  
Health Behavior ◽  
International Migration ◽  
Good Health ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Health Condition ◽  
Migrant Children ◽  
Health Conditions ◽  
Major Influence ◽  
Severe Illness ◽  
The Impact

International migration affects children who are left behind in their homes. One of the impacts is the health conditions of migrant children. When a child is left by a parent to migrate, the daily activities and life of the child will become a little lame due tono role ofone or both parents who care for and care for health, education, and behavior. This article discusses the impact of international migration on parents on children's health conditions and health behavior and care of migrant children. The data used is the result of CHAMPSEA 2016 study which focuses on the conditions of children and families of international migrants. The results show that international parental migration didnot have a major influence on the health conditions of children, migrant children only experience mild health problems without experiencing serious health problems,such as severe illness and physical / mental disabilities. The behavior of migrant children towards health and the role of caregivers of migrant children contributedto the child's health condition. Good health behavior of migrant children and good care still does not rule out the possibility of developing mild health problems.

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