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

Using a unique database constructed through the merging of administrative recordsfrom Sweden and Finland, we provide the first detailed examination ofdifferential return migration risks by people's mother tongue within a givennationality. We analyze whether the divergence in return migration ri...

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Published in:The International migration review 2017-06, Vol.51 (2), p.542-564
Main Authors: Saarela, Jan, Kirk, Scott
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Earnings
European cultural groups
Host country
Internal migration
Labor migration
Migrant workers
Migrants
Migration
Native language
Profits
Return migration
Risk
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Summary:Using a unique database constructed through the merging of administrative recordsfrom Sweden and Finland, we provide the first detailed examination ofdifferential return migration risks by people's mother tongue within a givennationality. We analyze whether the divergence in return migration risk betweenSwedish-speaking and Finnish-speaking Finns in Sweden relates to host countryearnings, considering that the former group are in parity with native Swedes.Host country earnings and other background variables are found to explain only amodest part of the difference in return migration risk. Variation in the returnmigration risk of labor migrants is consequently not solely a result of earningsdifferentials.
ISSN:0197-9183
1747-7379
DOI:10.1111/imre.12230