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Demography
Luis Rosero-Bixby
Summary: This article explores the socioeconomic status inequalities in the generational economy of Ecuador and examines the impact of public transfers on inequality. The study finds that the generational economy of the low-SES population in Ecuador differs from the national average. While higher SES strata exhibit higher economic figures, there are reverse gradients in conditional public cash transfers and public education at the elementary school level for low-SES households. Retirement pensions, on the other hand, benefit mostly the high-SES strata and are extremely regressive. The article highlights the importance of uncovering SES-driven inequalities in National Transfer Accounts (NTAs) and their change through the lifecycle.
JOURNAL OF THE ECONOMICS OF AGEING
(2024)
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Demography
Mirka Zvedelikova
Summary: This study examines the use of age limits on job applicants and the characteristics of firms that set them using an original dataset of online mid-career job ads. The results show that firms with higher capital, fewer employees, older age, and urban location tend to set requirements on applicants. Domestic firms, firms with fewer employees, in urban centers, and firms using probation periods are more likely to set age limits.
JOURNAL OF THE ECONOMICS OF AGEING
(2024)
Article
Demography
Eddie Choo, Christopher Gee
Summary: This study examines the economic growth of Singapore from 1970 to 2020 and the contribution of age and education to the demographic dividend. The findings show that the education effect was greater than the age effect throughout the period, particularly in terms of labor income. Understanding these effects is crucial for future policy-making in Singapore as it continues to face rapid aging.
JOURNAL OF THE ECONOMICS OF AGEING
(2024)
Article
Demography
Christine M. Jacobsen
Summary: This article examines vulnerability governance in the context of securitization of migration and budget constraints in the reception system in France. The study reveals a 'differential inclusion' of vulnerable individuals, which is partial, conditional, and precarious. It explores how normative constructs of gender and sexuality inform the identification and hierarchization of vulnerability, as well as how these norms are perpetuated and strategically mobilized or internalized by governance actors and asylum seekers. The article also highlights the contestation of protection-seeking migrants against the authorities' understanding and operationalization of vulnerability through protests and legal actions.
JOURNAL OF ETHNIC AND MIGRATION STUDIES
(2023)
Article
Demography
Valentina Di Stasio, Anne Margaretha de Vries
Summary: Using data from a cross-nationally harmonised correspondence test, this study examines how employers in five European labor markets respond to applications received from Muslim job seekers with ancestry from different origin countries. The findings suggest that callback rates for Muslims are lower when the origin country has higher levels of authoritarianism and gender inequality. The association between authoritarianism and callbacks is particularly significant for men, indicating that Muslim men face greater exclusion from employment opportunities.
JOURNAL OF ETHNIC AND MIGRATION STUDIES
(2023)
Article
Demography
Shujaat Farooq, G. M. Arif
Summary: This study investigates the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the overseas migration of Pakistani workers, both in terms of outflows and return flows. The aim is to propose a policy framework for effectively reintegrating return migrants into their home communities.
JOURNAL OF ETHNIC AND MIGRATION STUDIES
(2023)
Article
Demography
Sajid Ghani, Nestor A. Morgandi
Summary: This paper explores the impact of return migration on labor market outcomes in South Asia. The study finds heterogeneous results in terms of labor returns by skill and industry, with an increase in demand for manufacturing and services.
JOURNAL OF ETHNIC AND MIGRATION STUDIES
(2023)
Article
Demography
Bilesha Weeraratne
Summary: This article provides scientific evidence on wage theft experienced by migrant workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting the dimensions of this issue and its prevalence among vulnerable migrant workers. Strategies to address wage theft issues are suggested, including changing the behavior of both workers and employers, and combining punitive measures for offending employers with compensatory measures for victimized workers.
JOURNAL OF ETHNIC AND MIGRATION STUDIES
(2023)
Article
Demography
Jeni Vine
Summary: This article contributes to debates on the complexity of living with difference by examining the impact of the withdrawal of the state in neighborhoods and the increasing role of faith-based volunteers. Using empirical material from three neighborhoods in Sheffield, the article highlights the challenges faced by neighborhood activists and the rise of faith-based services in the face of austerity. It raises concerns about the potential divisions caused by unequal application of equality values in postsecular solutions.
Article
Demography
Jeremaiah Opiniano, Alvin Ang
Summary: This paper investigates whether various forms of assistance to returnee overseas Filipino workers during the COVID-19 pandemic prompt them to stay home or return overseas. The study finds that although the Philippine government has provided multifarious economic and non-economic forms of assistance to returnee workers, the differential in earnings between local and overseas employment, coupled with income disruption caused by the pandemic, still drive them to desire returning to overseas labor migration.
JOURNAL OF ETHNIC AND MIGRATION STUDIES
(2023)
Article
Demography
S. Irudaya Rajan, Balasubramanyam Pattath, Hossein Tohidimehr
Summary: This article examines how precise information about migrants' working conditions in their destination countries affects their decision to migrate again. The study is based on household data from Kerala and Tamil Nadu from 2020-21 and focuses on return emigrants who returned during the first COVID-19 lockdowns in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. Using binary choice and multinomial regression models, the research finds that negative experiences in the destination country significantly reduce the likelihood of re-migration and increase the preference to work in the country of origin. The findings provide insights for shaping future migration policies in the region.
JOURNAL OF ETHNIC AND MIGRATION STUDIES
(2023)
Article
Demography
Md Mizanur Rahman, Sabnam Sarmin Luna, Pranav Raj
Summary: This study examines the experiences of Gulf return migrants in Bangladesh and finds that during the COVID-19 pandemic, the image of migrants as 'national heroes' is challenged and replaced by the label of 'COVID-19 super-spreaders'. The study emphasizes the need for policy measures to protect involuntary returnees from disrespectful circumstances.
JOURNAL OF ETHNIC AND MIGRATION STUDIES
(2023)
Article
Demography
Gemma Catney, Mark Ellis, Richard Wright
Summary: This study examines the relationship between mixed-ethnicity households and neighbourhood ethnic diversity using Census data for England and Wales. The findings show that higher levels of neighbourhood ethnic diversity are associated with a higher proportion of mixed-ethnicity households. Highly diverse neighbourhoods have a significant number of ethnically mixed households, and moderate-diversity White neighbourhoods also have a higher proportion of mixed households compared to low-diversity White neighbourhoods.
POPULATION SPACE AND PLACE
(2023)
Article
Demography
Max Stick, Christoph Schimmele, Maciej Karpinski, Amelie Arsenault
Summary: The population density of immigrants' places of settlement significantly affects their level of social integration. Immigrants living in areas with lower population density tend to have stronger social relations with their neighbors compared to those living in higher density areas. The greatest difference is observed between immigrants living in small cities and rural areas and those living in high-density neighborhoods in larger cities. Immigrants from smaller cities and rural areas have more extensive and higher quality relations with their neighbors, which cannot be attributed to variations in sociodemographic composition or built environment. Immigrants from low- and medium-density neighborhoods in large cities also have stronger relations with their neighbors, particularly in terms of the quality of relations, which is partly due to compositional differences between these neighborhood types.
JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION AND INTEGRATION
(2023)
Article
Demography
Dolly Loomans, Christian Lennartz, Dorien Manting
Summary: Although traditional migration research focuses on large cities as ports of entry for migrants, more and more migrants are starting in smaller cities and rural areas. These mobility patterns give them access to different arrival infrastructures and opportunities, often with differences and inequalities. While current research has addressed the diversity and political nature of arrival infrastructures, what happens after arrival is still unknown.
POPULATION SPACE AND PLACE
(2023)
Article
Demography
Jagannath Adhikari, Mahendra Kumar Rai, Mahendra Subedi, Chiranjivi Baral
Summary: This paper examines the effectiveness of migration policies in addressing the challenges faced by Nepalese migrants during the pandemic from a disaster justice perspective. The study highlights the importance of understanding the social vulnerability of migrants in devising policies that can benefit them.
JOURNAL OF ETHNIC AND MIGRATION STUDIES
(2023)
Article
Demography
Donika Limani, Jean-Louis Arcand
Summary: This study constructs a panel dataset from five consecutive Kerala Migration Surveys to examine the determinants of migration and remittances. The findings suggest that migration and remittance behavior exhibit positive serial correlation over a five-year period, and the presence of a return migrant in the household increases the likelihood of migration and remittances. Additionally, the gender of the household head, employment status, age, and asset-poverty of the household also play a role in migration and remittance decisions.
JOURNAL OF ETHNIC AND MIGRATION STUDIES
(2023)
Article
Demography
Elizabeth Korver-Glenn, Alisa Rogers, Sarah Valdez, Elizabeth Roberto
Summary: This paper investigates immigrants' perceptions of the integration process, focusing on their perceptions of organizations and the built environment. Based on in-depth interviews and ethnographic data collected at two Swedish research sites, the study examines how immigrants who participated in formal and informal structured encounters perceive the impact of these encounters on their integration experiences. The findings reveal that immigrants who participated in formal structured encounters were able to access language and cultural learning as well as opportunities for social connections. Informal structured encounters were rare. The study also shows that immigrants who participated and did not participate in formal structured encounters had similar perceptions and experiences of the integration process, considering it as never-ending and burdened with challenges and discrimination.
JOURNAL OF ETHNIC AND MIGRATION STUDIES
(2023)
Article
Demography
Frans Willekens
Summary: This paper describes the SDMX standard and its application in population studies, and demonstrates the process of retrieving demographic data and metadata from online databases using R code.
DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Demography
Melissa Walls
Summary: This article provides an overview of the perpetual influence and impacts of historical trauma within Indigenous families and communities in the United States and Canada. It highlights the ongoing health inequities and settler-colonialism legacy faced by Indigenous Peoples, offering important lessons for healing that can benefit other displaced communities worldwide.
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION REVIEW
(2023)
