The effects of integration and transnational ties on international return migration intentions

Settlement Intentions of Recently Arrived Immigrants and Refugees in the Netherlands

“…In contrast to economic migration theories, researchers have argued that social networks play a role in migration decisions (Boyd, 1989;De Haas & Fokkema, 2011;Güngör & Tansel, 2013;MacDonald & MacDonald, 1964). Immigrants' settlement intentions are influenced by the spatial proximity to relatives and friends, which determines the social incentives involved in migration decisions (Boyd, 1989;Constant & Massey, 2003;Haug, 2008).…”

“…First, next to economic incentives we consider socio-cultural conditions that might promote or hinder settlement intentions. Recently, researchers have argued that social networks and cultural integration are of crucial importance to migrants' settlement decisions (Alberts & Hazen, 2005;De Haas & Fokkema, 2011;Güngör & Tansel, 2013;Harvey, 2009). Because these prior studies have mainly focused on specific sub-populations of foreign students and highly skilled migrants, more research is needed on how social-cultural integration affects immigrants' settlement intentions.…”

Migration and Development Framework and Its Links to Integration

“…Its interpretation of development is largely "economic modernization", and it reduces integration to a one-dimensional linear process. A more robust and nuanced conceptualization of integration is developed in studies that statistically model various dimensions of integration according to a variety of transnational orientations towards the home country including remittancesending, paying regular visits, and attitudes towards return migration (see Cela et al 2013 ;De Haas and Fokkema 2011 ;Fokkema et al 2013 ). What these studies tend to demonstrate is that migrants who are economically well integrated in the host country are more likely to have meaningful transnational engagement with their origin-country society, including sending remittances and other actions with positive developmental outcomes, such as business investment.…”

El retorno más allá del mito del emprendedor. Estrategias económicas, familiares y afectivas de mujeres y hombres a su regreso a Ecuador desde España

“…Los estudios sobre el retorno también han revelado diferencias importantes en cuanto a las formas de plantear el regreso, lo cual ha mostrado, una vez más, que los hogares no son unidades ajenas a las relaciones de poder (De Haas y Fokkema, 2011). En su revisión de la literatura para el caso ecuatoriano, Herrera (2013) advierte cómo los estudios sobre retorno despegan en 2010, dirigiéndose fundamentalmente al análisis de las políticas en esta materia (Moncayo 2011a(Moncayo , 2011b, a las condiciones desencadenadas por la crisis en Europa, particularmente en España (Peris-Mecheta et al, 2011;Duque y Genta Rossi, 2009;Boccagni y Lagomarsino, 2011, Herrera, 2013, y, en menor medida, al papel que desempeñan las redes y los vínculos transnacionales (Sanz, 2009;Schramm, 2011, a la relación de este con el desarrollo (Cortés, 2011) y a las experiencias de reinserción al regreso (Hernández et al, 2010).…”