The global economic crisis and international migration: An uncertain outlook

Beets, G.C.N.

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“…This article also aims to show that the presence of immigrants, particularly if they reside in the country long enough to integrate successfully, can be beneficial for the formation of positive attitudes towards those perceived as outsiders. This would dispute current frameworks aiming to encourage return migration, proposed as the best way of managing migration during the economic crisis (Beets and Willekens, ), by suggesting that they do not improve the relations between members of host societies and communities of newcomers.…”

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Interculturalism as a New Framework to reduce Prejudice in Times of Crisis in European Countries

Bello

2017

International Migration

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With the socio-economic crisis that is affecting Europe particularly negatively, immigrants have been often reported as additional threats in the job market for established residents. Theories of prejudice, such as the Theory of Self-interest or that of the Perceived Group Threats, have suggested economic factors to explain these kinds of attitudes towards immigrants. More recently, some scholars have advanced theories of intercultural values to account for individuals' dispositions towards those perceived as newcomers. The aim of this work is to understand whether or not intercultural values are able to modify the effects that economic factors exert on prejudice in times of crisis. The main objective is to identify whether the kinds of values instilled within societies play a stronger role than other variables, particularly economic factors. The findings show that Interculturalism plays a much greater role than economic factors in influencing attitudes towards outsiders.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 81%

Interculturalism as a New Framework to reduce Prejudice in Times of Crisis in European Countries

Bello

2017

International Migration

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“…1 on the aggregate effect of recession on public health and mortality, see the recent studies by Stuckler et al (2009), Fallagas et al (2009), and Simms (2009. For a review of the effects of economic recession on migration, see Beets and willekens (2009); for an overview of the recent evidence on that subject, see Castles and miller (2010).…”

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Economic Recession and Fertility in the Developed World

Sobotka

Skirbekk

Philipov

2011

Population & Development Rev

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This article reviews research on the effects of economic recessions on fertility in the developed world. We study how economic downturns, as measured by various indicators, especially by declining GDP levels, falling consumer confidence, and rising unemployment, were found to affect fertility. We also discuss particular mechanisms through which the recession may have influenced fertility behavior, including the effects of economic uncertainty, falling income, changes in the housing market, and rising enrollment in higher education, and also factors that influence fertility indirectly such as declining marriage rates. Most studies find that fertility tends to be pro-cyclical and often rises and declines with the ups and downs of the business cycle. Usually, these aggregate effects are relatively small (typically, a few percentage points) and of short durations; in addition they often influence especially the timing of childbearing and in most cases do not leave an imprint on cohort fertility levels. Therefore, major long-term fertility shifts often continue seemingly uninterrupted during the recession—including the fertility declines before and during the Great Depression of the 1930s and before and during the oil shock crises of the 1970s. Changes in the opportunity costs of childbearing and fertility behavior during economic downturn vary by sex, age, social status, and number of children; childless young adults are usually most affected. Furthermore, various policies and institutions may modify or even reverse the relationship between recessions and fertility. The first evidence pertaining to the recent recession falls in line with these findings. In most countries, the recession has brought a decline in the number of births and fertility rates, often marking a sharp halt to the previous decade of rising fertility rates.

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“…Numerous studies have demonstrated that return migrant businesses are prone to failure (Petroziello and Robert 2010; Spitzer and Piper 2014). Moreover, remittances are most often used (and needed) for quotidian household expenses rather than invested in income-generating activities (Beets and Willekens 2009;Naudé, Siegel, and Marchand 2015). For example, McCormick and Wahba's (2004) study in Egypt found that about half of migrants returning to rural areas and 42% resettling in urban ones invested in familial housing, an additional 10% invested in some economic projects, while fully one-third returned home with no savings whatsoever.…”

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Return Migrant Entrepreneurship and the Migration and Development Agenda: A Focus on Filipino and Indonesian Migrant Workers

Spitzer

2016

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Major global economic institutions herald migration as key to poverty alleviation in the Global South as migrant workers are believed to be able to leverage financial and social remittances to create wealth in their homelands, and within diasporic communities, through entrepreneurial activities. Drawing from qualitative studies undertaken in the Philippines, Indonesia and Hong Kong, I explore how Filipino and Indonesian migrant workers are encouraged to assume both the mantle of entrepreneurship and ultimately the responsibility for any subsequent failures of these enterprises. I suggest that researchers have a role to play in laying bare the evidence for, and offering alternatives to, migrant entrepreneurship as a solution to global socioeconomic inequalities.

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The global economic crisis and international migration: An uncertain outlook

Cited by 28 publications

References 4 publications

Interculturalism as a New Framework to reduce Prejudice in Times of Crisis in European Countries

Interculturalism as a New Framework to reduce Prejudice in Times of Crisis in European Countries

Economic Recession and Fertility in the Developed World

Return Migrant Entrepreneurship and the Migration and Development Agenda: A Focus on Filipino and Indonesian Migrant Workers

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