The International Family Migration of Swedish-Speaking Finns: The Role of Spousal Education

Circular migration in a context of free mobility: Evidence from linked population register data from Finland and Sweden

“…Next, we focus on risk factors for the different types of moves. As discussed above, previous research on the Finnish-Swedish migration flows have revealed substantial differences in emigration and return migration rates by gender and mother tongue (Finnäs, 2003;Saarela & Finnäs, 2013;Saarela & Scott, 2017). We therefore outline the hazards in a similar manner but additionally include the second emigration and the second return migration ( Figure 5).…”

“…During our study period, 1988–2005, migration rates between the two countries were nevertheless modest. Both Finland and Sweden were hit by the economic recession starting in the early 1990s, and migration rates plummeted in the first half of the decade (Finnäs, ; Pedersen et al, ; Saarela & Finnäs, ). After the 1970s, the economic incentives to move have generally been low (Allardt, ; Korkiasaari & Söderling, ).…”

Mother Tongue, Host Country Earnings, and Return Migration: Evidence from Cross-National Administrative Records

“…Separate analyses are consistently undertaken for men and women. We expect the results for men and women to be quite similar because labor force participation among women in Finland is in an international perspective very high, and the women tend to have an independent position also when moving together with their husbands (Saarela and Finnäs ).…”

“…The corresponding proportions for Swedish‐speaking and Finnish‐speaking women, respectively, were approximately 43 and 54 percent. In the 1970s, over 80 percent of all Finns who moved abroad went to Sweden, whereas the share dropped first to approximately 65 percent in the 1980s, and then to barely 40 percent in the 1990s (Saarela and Finnäs ). Over one‐fifth of the Finnish‐born population in Sweden, which amounted to almost 200,000 persons at the turn of the millennium, has Swedish as their native language (Rooth and Saarela ).…”

‘For the sake of the family and future’: the linked lives of highly skilled Indian migrants

“…This paper focuses on high-skilled migrants and their spouses who are very likely to be highly skilled as well. The higher the wife's education, the more prone the family is to return to their country of origin (Saarela and Finnäs 2013), adding to the family dimension of international migration.…”