Reintegration upon return: insights from Ecuadorian returnees from Spain

Using the ECM2 survey data on Ecuadorian migrants returning from Spain, we investigate the determinants of reintegration upon return. We study how the migration experience, but also the before‐ and after‐migration characteristics, correlate with migrants’ outcomes upon return. We adopt a broad conce...

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Published in:International migration 2016-12, Vol.54 (6), p.56-73
Main Authors: Mercier, Marion, David, Anda, Mahia, Ramón, De Arce, Rafael
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Determinants
Economics and Finance
Efficiency
Females
Humanities and Social Sciences
Indexes
Labor market
Labor migration
Migrants
Migration
Older people
Rehabilitation
Social integration
Sociocultural factors
Vulnerability
Workers
Working women
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Summary:Using the ECM2 survey data on Ecuadorian migrants returning from Spain, we investigate the determinants of reintegration upon return. We study how the migration experience, but also the before‐ and after‐migration characteristics, correlate with migrants’ outcomes upon return. We adopt a broad conception of reintegration, considering jointly labour market‐related outcomes that proxy for structural reintegration and subjective indicators that provide insights on sociocultural reintegration. The determinants of these two types of outcomes appear to be different: reintegration indeed encompasses multiple dimensions which cannot be captured by a single indicator. Our results suggest that return assistance programmes’ efficiency in helping reintegration could be improved by (I) targeting, ex‐ante, returnees who plan to launch their own business, and, ex‐post, the most vulnerable workers (women, older returnees, unemployed), and (ii) facilitating the labour market integration of foreign‐educated returnees. They also call for further research to better understand the consequences of these programmes.
ISSN:0020-7985
1468-2435
DOI:10.1111/imig.12288