Being lonely later in life: a qualitative study among Albanians and Moroccans in Italy

ABSTRACT This study focuses on the social wellbeing of older migrants in Italy, an important yet neglected topi

Ukrajinski migranti u Europskoj uniji: komparativna studija Češke Republike i Italije

This paper aims to provide a comparative analysis of links between personal characteristics and remittance behavior as well as to investigate the determinants of integration and to validate the remittance decay hypothesis in the target country for Ukrainian migrants in the Czech Republic and Italy. Our research attempts to answer a number of novel research questions by determining whether some personal attributes could be attached to Ukrainian labor migrants in the EU and their families in Ukraine. Our findings show that migration characteristics of one ethnic group or nation reveal the same patterns regardless of the target country. It appears that remittance behavior of Ukrainian migrants in the Czech Republic and Italy is significantly determined by their financial situation, demographic characteristics, level of human capital and level of integration as well as specific context characteristics. Moreover, our findings provide evidence for the fact that those Ukrainian migrants who are more settled in a target country tend to send fewer or no remittances back to their home country.Članak donosi komparativnu analizu povezanosti osobnih karakteristika migranata i njihova ponašanja pri transferu financijskih sredstava u domovinu. Također ispituje odrednice integracije i potvrđuje hipotezu o prestanku transfera novca ukrajinskih migranata iz Češke Republike i Italije. Naše istraživanje pokušava odgovoriti na brojna nova pitanja utvrđujući postoje li neke posebne značajke ukrajinskih migranata u EU i njihovih obitelji u Ukrajini. Rezultati pokazuju da su migracijske karakteristike etničke grupe ili nacije iste, bez obzira na zemlju migracije. Ponašanje ukrajinskih migranata u Češkoj i Italiji u vezi s transferom novca u domovinu značajno određuje njihova financijska situacija, demografska obilježja, stupanj radnog znanja i vještina te stupanj integracije u novu zemlju kao i specifičnost društvenog konteksta. Štoviše, postoje dokazi da ukrajinski migranti koji su bolje uklopljeni u novu zemlju upućuju manje novčanih transfera u domovinu ili to uopće ne čine

Labour market profiles of Albanian migrants in Italy: Evidence from Lombardy 2001–2015

Albanian migration to Italy represents one of the most intense and iconic East-West migration flows of recent decades and a paradigmatic case of intra-Mediterranean migration. This paper uses a unique data set collected by the Lombardy region’s Observatory of Integration and Multiethnicity in 15 annual cross-sectional surveys over the period 2001–2015. Analysis of this data set enables us to address three questions: first, what are the main factors influencing the labour market performance of Albanian migrants in Lombardy compared with other migrants? Second, what were the differential effects of the post-2008 economic crisis on migrants’ employment stability? Third, were there any significant gender differences in labour market profiles and outcomes? Our main finding is that Albanian migrants have a lower probability of (long-term)unemployment and irregular employment and higher probability of employment compared with other migrants, an effect that is partially attributable to the different structural composition of the Albanian migrant group

Returning to the country of origin in later life: Longitudinal evidence from the German Socio-Economic Panel

Although migration literature has largely explored the determinants of the intention to return to the country of origin, older migrants have only more recently become the focus of scientific interest. Building on the literature related to return migration, well-being and ageing, we investigate quantitatively the determinants of return intentions in later life. We draw on longitudinal data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) for the period 1984\u20132013 to address the role of subjective and objective well-being in shaping later-life (im)mobility intentions. Our findings highlight the key role of different dimensions of well-being (economic and psychological factors) whose effects on return intentions are greatly shaped by gender; men are more influenced by economic conditions than women, for whom more intimate and subjective considerations seem to play a major role. Satisfaction with life in Germany plays a major role in permanent settlement for both female and male migrants. Other factors related to integration and to the (transnational) family structure significantly affect the desire to return to the country of origin

The Remittances Behaviour of the Second Generation in Europe: Altruism or Self-Interest?

Whereas most research on remittances focuses on first-generation migrants, the aim of this paper is to investigate the remitting behaviour of the host country-born children of migrants - the second generation - in various European cities. Some important studies found that migrant transnationalism is not only a phenomenon for the first generation, but also apply to the second and higher generations, through, among other things, family visits, elder care, and remittances. At the same time, the maintenance of a strong ethnic identity in the 'host' society does not necessarily mean that second-generation migrants have strong transnational ties to their 'home' country. ;;The data used in this paper is from "The Integration of the European Second Generation" (TIES) project. The survey collected information on approximately 6,250 individuals aged 18-35 with at least one migrant parent from Morocco, Turkey or former Yugoslavia, in 15 European cities, regrouped in 8 'countries'. For the purpose of this paper, only analyses for Austria (Linz and Vienna) Switzerland (Basle and Zurich); Germany (Berlin and Frankfurt); France (Paris and Strasbourg); the Netherlands (Amsterdam and Rotterdam) Spain (Barcelona and Madrid); and Sweden (Stockholm) will be presented.;;To study the remitting behaviour of the second-generation Moroccans, Turks and former Yugoslavs residing in these 13 European cities, we will start with descriptive analyses (prevalence, amount), followed by logistic (multinomial) regression on the likelihood and amount of remittance. We are particularly interested in the following question: Are the second-generation remitters more driven by altruism or by self-interest? If altruism is the main driving force, we can expect that 'emotional attachment' factors (e.g., presence of parents in 'home' country, strong feelings to the country of origin or ethnic group of the parents, high intensity of cultural orientation towards the country of origin of the parents) will be the main predictors of the remitting behaviour, while factors like 'investment in parents' country of birth' and 'return intention' will be more central if second-generation migrants remit for self-interested reasons.European countries, migration, remittances, second generation