Immigrant Settlement and the Life Course: An Exchange of Research Perspectives and Outlook for the Future

Valk, Helga De; Windzio, Michael; Wingens, Matthias; Aybek, Can M.

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“…Life course researchers have stressed the importance of context and time in shaping both the experience and perception of events in the life course (Elder Jr., 1985). Also in studies of immigrants, emphasis is placed on the contextual (socialization) effects of country of origin and settlement when it comes to life course transitions and preferences (De Valk, Wingens, Windzio, & Aybek, 2011). Timing preferences for family life transitions are likely determined by individual characteristics and experiences, but also influenced by dominant, macro-level family formation systems.…”

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Ideal ages for family formation among immigrants in Europe

Holland

Valk

2013

Advances in Life Course Research

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This paper investigates ideal ages for marriage and parenthood among immigrants from over 160 countries origins living in 25 European countries. Ideals regarding the timing of family formation are indicative of how individuals perceive the family life course and provide insight into familylife aspirations and the meaning attached to these transitions. Using data from the European Social Survey (Round 3, 2006; N = 6,330) and a cross-classified multilevel modeling approach, we investigate associations between the influences of the dominant family formation timing patterns in countries of origin and settlement, individual-level characteristics, and ideal ages. We make innovative use of a standard demographic measure, the singulate mean age of marriage, to measure family formation patterns. Results suggests that residential context influences are associated with the timing ideals of all migrants, but origin influences seem to be associated with the ideals of only the most recent migrants.Key words: family formation, ideals, immigrants, second generation, family change, Europe Page 3 of 42The timing and sequencing of events is central to the development and trajectory of life courses (Billari, 2005). Life course researchers have stressed the importance of context and time in shaping both the experience and perception of events in the life course (Elder Jr., 1985). Also in studies of immigrants, emphasis is placed on the contextual (socialization) effects of country of origin and settlement when it comes to life course transitions and preferences (De Valk, Wingens, Windzio, & Aybek, 2011). Timing preferences for family life transitions are likely determined by individual characteristics and experiences, but also influenced by dominant, macro-level family formation systems. However, comparative studies of the timing of family life events among those of immigrant origin are still largely lacking and existing work on timing preferences mainly focuses on one country or one migrant origin group (e.g. De Giuliano, 2007). But with information on diverse migrant populations across a range of countries of settlement, we can shed light on the influences of family formation systems in both origin and destination that may shape timing preferences for family life transitions. In this paper we fill this gap in the literature and explore family formation ideals regarding the timing of marriage and childbearing among immigrants of diverse origins across Europe.Forming a partnership, getting married, and bearing and raising children are significant transitions for individuals. Ideals regarding the timing of these events may be indicative of the meaning attached to these transitions and how they should best fit into the life course. Moreover, in the case of migrants, ideals may be a particularly useful measure of attitudes toward the family life course since the timing of actual family behaviors is often distorted by the act of migration (e.g. Andersson, 2004;Milewski, 2007;Toulemon, 2004). The perceived ideal timing of family ...

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Ideal ages for family formation among immigrants in Europe

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2013

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“…While men's labour force participation tends to be stable across the life course, women's labour market attachment is markedly lower during the prime childbearing years (Drobničet al 1999;Aassve et al 2007). Although there is a rich literature exploring the nature and magnitude of the association between the presence of (young) children in the household and women's economic activity (e.g., Drobničet al 1999;Goldin 2006;Aassve et al 2007;Misra et al 2011), little is known about how second-generation Turkish women in Europe navigate the competing responsibilities of work and family (De Valk, Windzio, et al 2011). The experiences of second-generation women may differ from their majority-group peers, as they may have unique experiences and expectations regarding work and motherhood (Choo and Ferree 2010).…”

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Differences in labour force participation by motherhood status among second-generation Turkish and majority women across Europe

Holland

Valk

2017

Population Studies

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Second-generation Turkish immigrants make up an increasingly important segment of European labour markets. These young adults are entering the prime working ages and forming families. However, we have only a limited understanding of the relationship between labour force participation and parenthood among second-generation Turkish women. Using unique data from the Integration of the European Second Generation survey (2007/08), we compared the labour force participation of second-generation Turkish women with their majority-group counterparts by motherhood status in four countries. We found evidence that motherhood gaps, with respect to labour force participation, were similar for majority and second-generation Turkish women in Germany and in Sweden; however, there may be larger gaps for second-generation mothers than for majority women in the Netherlands and France. Cross-national findings were consistent with the view that national normative and social policy contexts are relevant for the labour force participation of all women, regardless of migrant background.

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“…Unsurprisingly, life course transitions prove to be accelerated by, or intensified at the time of, the international migration (Figure 1). Immigrants experience rapid social changes when they make the transition from one country to another (De Valk, Windzio, Wingens, & Aybek, 2011); they need to manage their lives in a new societal and institutional context. Therefore, immigrants often engage in multiple transitions and experimental moves as part of their integration in the new society.…”

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“…Uncertainty surrounding these events before and after moving to a new country is likely to diminish the capabilities one has to simultaneously orchestrate a series of parallel life course transitions. One could have to "reframe" his/her life course if social structures and institutions which previously guarantied successions and duration of life stages differ in the destination country (Wingens, de Valk, Windzio, & Aybek, 2011). Consequently, based on previous and current living contexts, international migration has the potential to modify the way life course trajectories are constructed vis-a-vis residential changes in the host country.…”

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A Life Course Approach to Immigrants’ Relocation: Linking Long- and Short-distance Mobility Sequences

Lacroix

Zufferey

2019

Migrat. Lett.

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This paper integrates life course principles to investigate interdependencies between residential, family and professional trajectories following an international migration, and enhance the more classic micro-economic explanations of foreign-born internal migration. Using retrospective data from the Swiss Household Panel survey, we follow foreign-born residents for a six-year period and analyse long- and short-distance mobility outcomes. By considering repeated migration in a multilevel framework, we tackle the question of whether successive migration is due to a short-term adjustment process or rather to a long-term phenomenon for a hypermobile segment of the population. The results corroborate important synchronicities between marriage, employment transitions and spatial outcomes, but fail to confirm the simultaneous process of childbirth and residential relocation. We conclude that successive long-distance and successive short-distance migration are confined to a selected segment of the population with high latent mobility propensity, while a long-short migration sequence rather results from a process of housing adjustment.

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Immigrant Settlement and the Life Course: An Exchange of Research Perspectives and Outlook for the Future

Cited by 14 publications

References 16 publications

Ideal ages for family formation among immigrants in Europe

Ideal ages for family formation among immigrants in Europe

Differences in labour force participation by motherhood status among second-generation Turkish and majority women across Europe

A Life Course Approach to Immigrants’ Relocation: Linking Long- and Short-distance Mobility Sequences

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