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Return Migration as Failure or Success?

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of International Migration and Integration, May 2014
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Title
Return Migration as Failure or Success?
Published in
Journal of International Migration and Integration, May 2014
DOI 10.1007/s12134-014-0344-6
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Authors

Hein de Haas, Tineke Fokkema, Mohamed Fassi Fihri

Abstract

Different migration theories generate competing hypotheses with regard to determinants of return migration. While neoclassical migration theory associates migration to the failure to integrate at the destination, the new economics of labour migration sees return migration as the logical stage after migrants have earned sufficient assets and knowledge and to invest in their origin countries. The projected return is then likely to be postponed for sustained or indefinite periods if integration is unsuccessful. So, from an indication or result of integration failure return is rather seen as a measure of success. Drawing on recent survey data (N = 2,832), this article tests these hypotheses by examining the main determinants of return intention among Moroccan migrants across Europe. The results indicate that structural integration through labour market participation, education and the maintenance of economic and social ties with receiving countries do not significantly affect return intentions. At the same time, investments and social ties to Morocco are positively related, and socio-cultural integration in receiving countries is negatively related to return migration intentions. The mixed results corroborate the idea that there is no uniform process of (return) migration and that competing theories might therefore be partly complementary.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Argentina 1 <1%
Thailand 1 <1%
Unknown 232 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 38 16%
Student > Master 32 14%
Lecturer 26 11%
Student > Bachelor 21 9%
Researcher 18 8%
Other 38 16%
Unknown 62 26%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 86 37%
Nursing and Health Professions 26 11%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 17 7%
Business, Management and Accounting 12 5%
Arts and Humanities 9 4%
Other 15 6%
Unknown 70 30%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 01 April 2021.
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#5,578,910
of 22,947,506 outputs
Outputs from Journal of International Migration and Integration
#141
of 428 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#51,789
of 227,113 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of International Migration and Integration
#5
of 10 outputs
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