Poverty and International Migration: A Multi-Site and Intergenerational Perspective

by Sebnem Eroglu

Overview

International migration is a life-changing process, but do the migrants and their families fare economically better than those who stayed behind? Drawing on the largest database available on labour migration to Europe, this book seeks to shed light upon this question through an exploration of poverty outcomes for three generations of settler migrants spanning multiple European destinations, as compared with their returnee and stayer counterparts living in Turkey. As well as documenting generational trends, it investigates the transmission of poverty onto the younger generations. With its unique multi-site and intergenerational perspective, the book provides a rare insight into the economic consequences of international migration for migrants and their descendants.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781447365730
Publisher:	Bristol University Press
Publication date:	11/08/2022
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	126
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.99(h) x (d)

About the Author

Şebnem Eroğlu is Senior Lecturer in Social Policy in the School for Policy Studies at the University of Bristol.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Migrant Poverty: Scoping the Empirical Field 3. Theorising and Measuring Migrant Poverty 4. Researching Migrant Poverty 5. Do Migrants Fare Better than Stayers? 6. Conclusion

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“This pathbreaking research makes key contributions to our understanding on poverty and migration. Using an original theoretical framework, a novel methodology and an unprecedented large-scale dataset, it will inform policies to improve life chances and conditions of migrant groups in Europe.” Ayse Guveli, University of Essex

“Adopting an innovative multi-generational and multi-sited approach, this book offers new insights into how migrants fare in comparison to compatriots who remain in the origin country. The book promises to be an informative resource for migration researchers.” Louise Ryan, London Metropolitan University