The Economic Determinants of Greek Return Migration to the Islands of the East Aegean

Abstract

"The purpose of this article is to investigate the economic determinants of Greek return migration to the islands of the East Aegean, a region comprising hundreds of islands of different size in four administrative departments....[It] examines the sensitivity of return migration flows to changes in economic variables which influence decisions to return....The purpose...is to investigate the effect on return migration not only of economic development in the host country (push factors) but also of economic development in the islands of the East Aegean (pull factors), given their isolation from the mainland and their different economic structures." (SUMMARY IN SPA AND FRE)

Determinants of return migration intentions: Evidence from Zimbabwean migrants living in South Africa

“…It has been reported that return migration is negatively related to the economic development in the host country (Lianos, 1980;Glytsos, 1991). Furthermore, Robolis & Xideas (1996) have observed that the variance of the return migration flow is determined by a combination of income and employment opportunities in both the host country and the country of origin. It can be argued from the results in this paper that economic conditions in South Africa and employment prospects in Zimbabwe (that would ordinarily favour skilled migrants) are likely to play a major role in influencing the return migration decision.…”

Narratives of Place, Culture and Identity : Second-Generation Greek-Americans Return 'Home'

“…) 19 . Fairly recent empirical investigations of return migration to Greece (again mostly concerning return from Germany) have focused primarily on the economic variables of standard push-pull factors (Robolis, Boules, Souri and Pasadis 1989;Robolis and Xideas 1990;Glytsos 1991). As such they follow previous surveys (Lianos 1975;Bernard and Comitas 1978;Fakiolas 1980;Mousourou and Kollarou 1980;Papademetriou 1985;Unger 1986), with the exception of Bernard and AshtonVouyoucalos (1976) who used life histories from fifteen migrants and their families who had returned to Greece from Germany.…”

Return migration in Andalusia, Spain

“…Another issue worth considering is that of the reasons behind the return to the place of origin (Callea, 1986;Bessy and Riche, 1993;Dikaiou, 1994;Robolis and Xideas, 1996;Waldorf, 1997;Tunali, 1997;Kulu, 1998;Sayad, 1998).…”