Who Returns and Why

Return Migration Behavior in Two North Atlantic Societies

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2498954
AutoresGeorge Gmelch (Union College, autor de correspondencia)
Año1983
Volumen42
Número1
Páginas46-54
Fecha de publicación1983-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaHuman Organization (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0018-7259 • E-ISSN: 1938-3517
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.17730/humo.42.1.x755glh32g0vr153
OpenAlexW1971690582
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas21
Referencias citadas10

This study examines two vital issues in return migration behavior in two populations: (1) the characteristics of return migrants, and (2) their reasons for returning to their homelands. Comparisons between Irish and Newfoundland returnees are made possible by the use of an identical interview schedule. Sex, age and occupational selectivity, years spent abroad, population of foreign and home residence, and emigration intentions are examined and a strong similarity between the two migrant populations is found. The conceptual framework in the second part is a decision model in which a range of factors in the decision to return are examined. Determinants of the decision to migrate are divided into three broad classes—patriotic-social, familial-personal, and economic-occupational—and then subclassified according to push and pull factors. The push-pull model of migration motives is then put into operational terms using an accounting scheme in which the influence of each factor is measured. Again a strong si

Atlantic World · Economics · Political science · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies