New perspectives on youth migration: Motives and family investment patterns

Migration research commonly assumes that youth migrate as dependent family members or are motivated by current labor opportunities and immediate financial returns. These perspectives ignore how migration experiences, specifically motives and remittance beh

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Heckert, Jessica
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149911
Descripción
Sumario:Migration research commonly assumes that youth migrate as dependent family members or are motivated by current labor opportunities and immediate financial returns. These perspectives ignore how migration experiences, specifically motives and remittance beh