The Global Lives of German Migrants
Consequences of International Migration Across the Life Course
Contributor(s)
Erlinghagen, Marcel (editor)
Ette, Andreas (editor)
Schneider, Norbert F. (editor)
Witte, Nils (editor)
Language
EnglishAbstract
Based on the German case, this open access book highlights the increasing flows of migration and the internationalisation of individual life courses. It analyses the experiences of migration across four central domains - employment and income, partners and families, health and wellbeing, as well as friends and social participation - which potentially have far-reaching consequences for social inequalities and life chances. The book showcases results from an innovative probability sample that is representative of German emigrants who recently moved abroad and remigrants who recently returned from abroad and compares their international experiences with the sedentary population in Germany. Stays abroad, whether temporary or permanently, have become the new normal for increasing numbers of people from highly developed welfare states. Unnoticed from mainstream migration studies, these countries are today not only major immigration countries but also important sources of international mobility. By providing an empirically founded prism of the global lives of German migrants, this book is a valuable resource for students and researchers of migration, social inequality, and the life course and provides practitioners with insights into these regularly overlooked aspects of international migration.
Keywords
Migration; Life course; Population Economics; Human Migration; Open access; German Emigration and Remigration Panel Study (GERPS); German emigrants and return migrants; Employment and income; Well-being and life satisfaction; Family and Partnership; Social inclusion and participation; Internal migrants; Non-migrants; Motives of migration through the life course; Migration intentions; Labor market integration; Individual career consequences of migration; Reproduction of social inequalities; Intergenerational mobility; International migration of couples; Family formation; Physical and mental health status; Social status of migrants; International migration across the life course; Migration, immigration & emigration; Sociology; Political economy; Population & demographyDOI
10.1007/978-3-030-67498-4ISBN
9783030674984, 9783030674984Publisher
Springer NaturePublisher website
https://www.springernature.com/gp/products/booksPublication date and place
2021Imprint
SpringerSeries
IMISCOE Research Series,Classification
Migration, immigration & emigration
Sociology
Political economy
Migration, immigration and emigration
Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples
Sociology
Political economy