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Bringing Happiness Into the Study of Migration and Its Consequences

What, Why, and How

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ID5711331
AuthorsMaarten Hendriks (0000-0002-9528-0871, Erasmus University Rotterdam, corresponding author), Dave Bartram (0000-0002-7278-2270, University of Leicester)
Year2019
Volume17
Issue3
Pages279-298
Publication date2019-07-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1556-2948 • E-ISSN: 1556-2956
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/15562948.2018.1458169
OpenAlexW2807582285
LanguageEN
Citations received60
References cited36

To support migrants and policy makers in making more of migration, the migrant's overall outcome should be at the core of migration research. Effective evaluation of the consequences of migration is impaired, however, by a lack of a clear framework to examine all-encompassing outcomes. This review paper paves the way for a better understanding of whether and under what conditions migration benefits migrants (and others) and lays the foundation for the study of migrant happiness by specifying what insights research on migrants’ subjective well-being (happiness) can provide for advancing the study of international migration and its consequences

Demographic economics · Development economics · Economics · Happiness · Political science · Sociology · Employment and Welfare Studies · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Social Psychology

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