Migration and Remittances in a Global Europe

Social remittances and interpersonal communication: Moldovans in Prague and Turin

“…The same is valid for the length of stay, the intensity of connections to the country of origin, economic integration and, indeed, overall satisfaction with one's life in a destination country (see more in e.g. Boccagni, Decimo 2013;Isaakyan, Triandafyllidou 2017;Levitt 1998Levitt , 2005Levitt, Lamba-Nieves 2011Nowicka, Šerbedžija 2016;White et al 2018). There are no reasons why not to apply the given list of variables also to researching the interaction between social remittances, social networks and personal communication.…”

“…Within all these formations functioning transnationally, over the state border (interconnected via ways of "being or belonging"), the social network ties play a dominant, irreplaceable role (see e.g. various understandings of the whole concept in Boccagni 2012;Nowicka, Šerbedžija 2016;Williams 2007; but see also e.g. Kim, Kim 2021).…”

Skilled Indians in Switzerland

“…Van Mol (2017) shows that transnational social capital acquired by international students through their overseas experiences and contacts leads to increased aspirations to repeat migration. Following Nowicka and Serbedzija (2016), when we study social remittances, we need to look beyond the types of resources that are being sent, and incorporate the result of the transactions that impact social relations, cultural values and rules and the economic conditions of the actors involved into the focus. The interest in the effects of these transfers is evident, and empirical research shows us that the process of social transformation has taken on a relevant role as a conceptual framework that allows us to understand the link between human mobility and global change (De Haas 2008;Glick Schiller and Faist 2009;Castles 2012;Nowicka and Serbedzija 2016).…”

“…Following Nowicka and Serbedzija (2016), when we study social remittances, we need to look beyond the types of resources that are being sent, and incorporate the result of the transactions that impact social relations, cultural values and rules and the economic conditions of the actors involved into the focus. The interest in the effects of these transfers is evident, and empirical research shows us that the process of social transformation has taken on a relevant role as a conceptual framework that allows us to understand the link between human mobility and global change (De Haas 2008;Glick Schiller and Faist 2009;Castles 2012;Nowicka and Serbedzija 2016). This discussion highlights the fact that the assets linked to social remittances can generate positive or negative effects, for example by contributing to rising or declining income inequality (Glick Schiller and Faist 2009).…”

Impacts of social remittances on economic activities: labour migration from a village of Bangladesh to Malaysia

“…It is obvious in migration literature that the majority of researchers who have worked on financial remittances, as mentioned above, have focused upon all the aspects of migration such as South-South migration (SSM), South-North migration (SNM), North-South migration (NSM) and North-North migration (NNM). On the other hand, the majority of the researchers who have worked on social remittances (Grabowska et al, 2017;Hanifi, 2006;Kapur, 2001;Lacroix et al, 2016;Levitt, 2001;Nowicka & Serbedzija, 2016;Oommen, n.d.;Sturge et al, 2016;Suksomboon, 2008;Yusupova & Ponatin, 2016) have concentrated on understanding the impacts of social remittances only in SNM and NNM contexts. Social remittances' impacts of SSM on migrants, migrants' communities and the countries are still under-studied not only in Bangladesh but other parts of the world also.…”