Family Migration in a Developing Country

Root, Brenda Davis; Jong, Gordon F. De

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“…The importance of spread-out family networks has been demonstrated in research on historical migration (Pooley and Turnbull 1998;Hochstadt 1999), Asian rural Áurban migration (Trager 1984;Findley 1987;Lauby and Stark 1988;Root and DeJong 1991), and international migration from Mexico to the USA (Menjivar 1995;Massey and Espinosa 1997;Wilson 1998;Cerrutti and Massey 2001;Davis and Winters 2001;Palloni et al 2001;Davis et al 2002;Curran and Rivero-Fuentes 2003).…”

Section: Social Capital Theorymentioning

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The effects of siblings on the migration of women in two rural areas of Belgium and the Netherlands, 1829–1940

Bras

Neven

2007

Population Studies

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To cite this Article Bras, Hilde and Neven, Muriel(2007) 'The effects of siblings on the migration of women in two rural areas of Belgium and the Netherlands, 1829-1940 To link to this Article: DOI: 10.1080/00324720601048319 URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00324720601048319Full terms and conditions of use: http://www.informaworld.com/terms-and-conditions-of-access.pdf This article may be used for research, teaching and private study purposes. Any substantial or systematic reproduction, re-distribution, re-selling, loan or sub-licensing, systematic supply or distribution in any form to anyone is expressly forbidden.The publisher does not give any warranty express or implied or make any representation that the contents will be complete or accurate or up to date. The accuracy of any instructions, formulae and drug doses should be independently verified with primary sources. The publisher shall not be liable for any loss, actions, claims, proceedings, demand or costs or damages whatsoever or howsoever caused arising directly or indirectly in connection with or arising out of the use of this material. This study explores the extent to which the presence and activities of siblings shaped the chances of women migrating to rural and urban areas in two rural areas of Belgium and the Netherlands during the second half of the nineteenth and first decades of the twentieth century. Shared-frailty Cox proportional hazard analyses of longitudinal data from historical population registers show that siblings exerted an additive impact on women's migration, independently of temporal and household characteristics. Just how siblings influenced women's migration depended on regional modes of production and on employment opportunities. In the Zeeland region, sisters channelled each other into service positions. In the Pays de Herve, where men and women found industrial work in the Walloon cities, women were as much influenced by their brothers' activities. Evidence is found for two mechanisms explaining the effects of siblings: microeconomic notions of joint-household decision-making and social capital theory.

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Section: Social Capital Theorymentioning

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The effects of siblings on the migration of women in two rural areas of Belgium and the Netherlands, 1829–1940

Bras

Neven

2007

Population Studies

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“…Joint migration is most likely to occur before the onset of childbearing when the financial and psychic costs of migration are lowest and the time horizon over which the couples can realize the returns on migration is the longest. Once childbearing and child-rearing begin, studies show that the likelihood that a couple migrates declines, whereas the likelihood of men's solo migration increases (Arizpe 1981, Torrealba 1989, Root and De Jong 1991, Tienda and Booth 1991, Cerruti and Massey 2001). An important derivative of the principal of timing is the presence of key turning points in the lifecourse when decisions are made that have lasting repercussions for subsequent lifecourse options and trajectories.…”

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The interrelationship of fertility, family maintenance and Mexico-U.S. Migration

Lindstrom

Saucedo²

2007

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“…Within this context, labor migration is usually motivated by labor income differences between the migrant's destination and home country. Nevertheless, a growing strand of this literature considers household characteristics (Funkhouser 1992) and family ties (Mincer 1978, Root/De Jong 1991 as important aspects of migration. So far, two strands of literature on remittances have emerged: first, models that assume altruism as the driving force behind remittances, and second, models that consider the existence of international intrafamily contracts for insurance and investment (Lucas/Stark 1985, Stark 1995, Rosenzweig 1988, Poirine 1997, Foster/Rosenzweig 2001, Agarwal/Horowitz 2002.…”

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Gender, Transnational Networks and Remittances: Evidence from Germany

Holst

Schäfer²,

Schrooten³

2010

SSRN Journal

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. This series presents research findings based either directly on data from the German SocioEconomic Panel Study (SOEP) or using SOEP data as part of an internationally comparable data set (e.g. CNEF, ECHP, LIS, LWS, CHER/PACO). SOEP is a truly multidisciplinary household panel study covering a wide range of social and behavioral sciences: economics, sociology, psychology, survey methodology, econometrics and applied statistics, educational science, political science, public health, behavioral genetics, demography, geography, and sport science. Terms of use: Documents inThe decision to publish a submission in SOEPpapers is made by a board of editors chosen by the DIW Berlin to represent the wide range of disciplines covered by SOEP. There is no external referee process and papers are either accepted or rejected without revision. Papers appear in this series as works in progress and may also appear elsewhere. They often represent preliminary studies and are circulated to encourage discussion. Citation of such a paper should account for its provisional character. A revised version may be requested from the author directly. AbstractRemittances from Germany are substantial. Cross-border transfers to family and friendship networks outside Germany are not only made by foreigners. Many naturalized migrants send money home as well. Here, we focus on transnational networks and gender-specific determinants of remittances from the senders' perspective, based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) for the years 2001-2006. Our findings show, above all, that foreign women remit less money than foreign men. Using information on the social network in the home country we find, first, that the social network abroad explains part of gender differences in remittance behavior. Second, employing gender interaction terms for the social network effects suggests that remittance behavior is affected by traditional gender roles. Third, the migrant's social integration in the destination country matters. Remittance decisions of naturalized migrants do not show the aforementioned gender effect. (138 words) JEL-classification: F24, J16, D13

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Family Migration in a Developing Country

Cited by 84 publications

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The effects of siblings on the migration of women in two rural areas of Belgium and the Netherlands, 1829–1940

The effects of siblings on the migration of women in two rural areas of Belgium and the Netherlands, 1829–1940

The interrelationship of fertility, family maintenance and Mexico-U.S. Migration

Gender, Transnational Networks and Remittances: Evidence from Germany

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