Social Integration and Multilocality: a Multivariate Study on Lifestyle Migration

Rodes, Joaquín; Rodríguez, Vicente Rodríguez

doi:10.1007/s12134-019-00747-z

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“…Studying migrant identity is actually studying their integration [31,32]. As the number of international migrants has grown robustly, considerable scholars noticed that ruralurban and international migrants encounter the identical problems in the host economy (e.g., low education level, language barriers and low-skilled).…”

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Host Identity and Consumption Behavior: Evidence from Rural–Urban Migrants in China

Sun

Wang

2022

Sustainability

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Rural–urban migrants significantly contribute to developing economy, whereas they face high housing prices, rare work opportunities and insufficient consumption. By stimulating the consumption of migrants, their happiness and life satisfaction can increase, regional consumption structural transformation can be stimulated, and economic growth can be boosted. By exploiting the data from the “China Migrants’ Dynamic Survey” (CMDS) conducted by the National Health and Family Planning Commission of China, this study explores the effect of rural–urban migrants’ host identity on their consumption. We measure host city identity by migrants’ sense of belonging in the city. Propensity score matching (PSM), instrumental variable methods (IV), and structural equation modeling (SEM) are adopted to tackle down the potential selection bias and endogeneity concerns. As indicated by the empirical results, host identity significantly impacts rural–urban migrants’ consumption, while regional cultural differences hinder migrants from forming host identity. Compared with those without a host identity, migrants with a host identity, the monthly household consumption increased by 4%, and savings decreased significantly by 1.7%. As revealed by the heterogeneity analysis, the host identity effects are significantly larger for migrants aged over 30 years or for those staying in big cities. The results of SEM show that a one-unit increase in the latent variable of identity will increase the consumption by 5.2%, and education, social insurance, and household registration have a significant effect not only on consumption but also on host identity. The findings of this paper contribute to a comprehensive understanding of the psychological and economic integration of migrants in cities and provide valuable suggestions for city managers and policymakers.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Host Identity and Consumption Behavior: Evidence from Rural–Urban Migrants in China

Sun

Wang

2022

Sustainability

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“…e diversity and complexity of the current social and cultural scenario make central the necessity of a new approach to investigate the urban international community. In this regard, several scholars [2,3] highlight the importance of studying cultural diversity, cultural ethnic psychological stability, cultural conditionality and cultural integration, characterized by innovation concerning di erent elds, which are curial to the formation of a stable and harmonious ecological eld of benign development among all cultural species.…”

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Multicultural Integration of Urban International Communities in the Innovation Ecosystem

2022

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Purpose. This article aims to bring the issue of multicultural integration of urban international community into the perspective of innovation ecosystem. Combined with theory, it probes into the relationship between multicultural integration and innovation ecosystem. The study, based on in-depth questionnaire and document analysis, examines the status quo of foreign residents’ participation in local social and cultural life from the measurement of identity, cultural differences, values, ideologies etc., and the obstacles encountered with the focus of spirit, material, and management. Design/Methodology/Approach. This study adopts the data sampling methods of purview sampling and snowball sampling to investigate cultural integration from two dimensions of sociocultural (behavioral) integration and psychological (emotional/affective) integration. The scale adopts the 4-point score of Likert formula and uses the mean coefficient (the average score of each item) to judge the difficulty of psychological integration of foreign residents. Findings. First, the social and cultural integration perceived by foreign residents is at a medium level. The conflicts of values, the differences of social and cultural systems, identity, and language ability are the main obstacles and difficulties in the multicultural integration of foreign residents. Second, at the psychological level, many foreign residents conducting the survey did not have too much psychological pressure, most of them could regulate their emotions by themselves, but the problem of psychological integration still exists; therefore, relevant effective intervention is needed. Third, foreign residents’ views on the social and cultural environment of their communities affect multicultural integration and stability of their communities. Practical Implications. This study helps understand the factors affecting multicultural integration in international community, which will be helpful for the researcher to understand more about the current issue of multicultural integration in international community and for the relevant department to adopt suitable policy and measurements to facilitate multicultural integration in international community.

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“…In addition, is a move considered return if the migrant goes to a different country other than the homeland? And what are the links between return migration and transnational, translocal and multilocal practices (Greiner & Sakdapolrak, 2013; Rodes & Rodríguez, 2021)? These are just some of the thorny questions entailed in any attempt to theorize return migration and its intentions with precision.…”

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Reflections on return migration: Understanding how African immigrants in Canada contemplate return

Mensah

Ansah

2021

International Migration

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Increasingly, governments at both ends of the migration cycle recognize the value of (im)migrants and are finding ways to support them for their respective national interest. Generally, countries of origin seek to lure their diasporic talents and resources back home for national development, just as countries of destination are using their immigrant populations not only to open up trade links overseas but also to supplement their own labour force for development (Agunias & Newland, 2012). Those immigrants who also explore their own return options in both

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Social Integration and Multilocality: a Multivariate Study on Lifestyle Migration

Cited by 6 publications

References 48 publications

Host Identity and Consumption Behavior: Evidence from Rural–Urban Migrants in China

Host Identity and Consumption Behavior: Evidence from Rural–Urban Migrants in China

Multicultural Integration of Urban International Communities in the Innovation Ecosystem

Reflections on return migration: Understanding how African immigrants in Canada contemplate return

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