‘My Parents Fell behind’: Social Remittances, Integration and Generational Change Among Moldovan Immigrants

Cingolani, Pietro; Vietti, Francesco

doi:10.1007/s12134-019-00701-z

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“…Next to financial security and the survival of the family, capital accumulation was also more often mentioned as a rationale for migration by lower-skilled migrants (Cingolani & Vietti, 2020). As Zoltan (39, male, butcher) says:…”

Section: Moving Abroadmentioning

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The Role of Identity and Ontological (In)Security in Return Migration: an Empirical Perspective from Hungary

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Kovács

2022

Int. Migration & Integration

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East–West migration has become a dominant spatial phenomenon in Europe since the step-by-step enlargement of the EU, posing considerable socio-economic and demographic challenges for sending countries. However, little is known about the geopolitics and motivations that inspire a return to the country of origin. The objective of this article is to identify the motivations for emigration, adaptation experiences and decisions of Hungarian migrants who worked in the West for a period of time and returned to Hungary, based on their skills and family status before their return. The research is based on in-depth interviews with 48 returnees and builds on the cultural identity model and the notion of ontological security. The study demonstrates the growing role of geopolitics in return migration, although its relevance differs in various groups, with clear distinctions between the high- and low-skilled migrants. The role of family as a geopolitical unit is increasing; factors like their endeavour to hold the family together, fear of children’s assimilation, loss of identity and uncertainty while abroad are important in shaping decisions to return. On the other hand, schemes to enhance the return migration of the highly skilled also build on geopolitical and nationalistic rhetoric, which appear to target experiences of ontological (in)security among migrants.

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Section: Moving Abroadmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Role of Identity and Ontological (In)Security in Return Migration: an Empirical Perspective from Hungary

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Kovács

2022

Int. Migration & Integration

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“…Therefore, a substantial body of the literature on remittances investigates their alternative destinations and the fundamental factors. As basically accepted, most of the money is spent on household consumption, housing and health care (OCSE, 2006), though tendency to save seems to be higher for remittances than for domestic money (Cingolani & Vietti, 2019;Fajnzylber & Lopez, 2008). Households' decision to invest is determined by the money that will remain available after basic needs are satisfied, but it also depends on the conditions of the economic environment, especially tax policy, the financial market, interest rates, etc.…”

Section: Impacts Of Remittances On Economic Growthmentioning

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Migration, Covid, Remittances and Economic Growth in the Baltic States: A Regional Perspective

Přívarová

2021

EUrASEANs

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The Baltic states have faced high emigration flows since joining the EU in 2004. While integrating to the EU, the region has faced many economic and political issues, including migration due to Covid-19 and various economic factors. These issues revealed the weaknesses of their economic policies, financial systems and social security systems. Though, after the EU accession in 2004, the Baltic economies demonstrated rapid economic growth, but the financial and economic crisis has evidently shown their weaknesses. The Baltic states is a crucial example of the regions where the current emigration has drawn the attention of policy makers seeking to reduce the possible negative effects of the emigration of young and skilled workers. We have employed fixed effects and OLS estimation to conduct our research. Our regression analysis has demonstrated that remittances positively and significantly contribute to the economic growth of the Baltics. However, we emphasize the importance of further analysis of the geography of remittances to the region, especially under conditions of Brexit given the high share of remittances which the Baltics were receiving from the United Kingdom during years. The effects of Brexit on remittances flows from the United Kingdom to the Baltics will definitely take place in the future, thus, shifts in emigration flows and remittances should be in focus.

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“…Therefore, a substantial body of the literature on remittances investigates their alternative destinations and the fundamental factors. As it is basically accepted, most of the money is spent on household consumption, housing, healthcare and the like (OCSE, 2006), even though the tendency to save seems to be higher for remittances than for domestic money (Cingolani & Vietti, 2019;Fajnzylber & Lopez, 2008). Households' decisions to invest is determined by the money that will remain available after their basic needs are satisfied, but it also depends on the conditions of the local economic environment, especially tax policy, the financial market, interest rates, etc.…”

Section: Impacts Of Remittances On Economic Growthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Emigration, Remittances and Economic Growth in the Baltic States: A Regional Perspective

Přívarová

2020

EUrASEANs

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The Baltic States have been facing higher emigration flows since joining the EU in 2004. While integrating to the EU, this region has faced many economic and political issues, which revealed the weaknesses of their economic policies, financial systems and social security systems. Even though after the EU accession in 2004 the Baltic economies have demonstrated rapid economic growth, still their financial performance under the economic crisis has evidently shown their weaknesses. The Baltic States is a crucial example of the regions where the current emigration has drawn the attention of the policy-makers seeking to reduce the possible negative effects from the emigration of young and well-skilled workers. Here, we have employed fixed effects and OLS estimation methods to conduct our research analysis. Our regression analysis has demonstrated that remittances positively and significantly contribute to the economic growth of the Baltic. However, we also need to emphasize the importance of further analysis of the geography of remittances to the region, especially under the conditions of Brexit, given the fact that for many years a large share of remittances the Baltics were receiving from the United Kingdom. The effects of Brexit on the remittances flows from the United Kingdom to the Baltics will definitely take place in the future, thus, shifts in emigration flows and remittances should be in the focus of future research.

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‘My Parents Fell behind’: Social Remittances, Integration and Generational Change Among Moldovan Immigrants

Cited by 9 publications

References 23 publications

The Role of Identity and Ontological (In)Security in Return Migration: an Empirical Perspective from Hungary

The Role of Identity and Ontological (In)Security in Return Migration: an Empirical Perspective from Hungary

Migration, Covid, Remittances and Economic Growth in the Baltic States: A Regional Perspective

Emigration, Remittances and Economic Growth in the Baltic States: A Regional Perspective

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