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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Heckert, Jessica
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research 2015
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149911
Description
Summary: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