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Sponsorship of relatives for migration and immigrant settlement intention

Khoo, Siew-Ean

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The paper examines how important family reunification is in immigrants' decision to settle permanently in their country of destination. Using longitudinal data for a cohort of recent immigrants to Australia, it examines whether migrants' permanent settlement intention reported soon after arrival is related to their family sponsorship patterns and intention to sponsor, and whether family sponsorship patterns and intention in turn have an effect on immigrants' permanent settlement/return...[Show more]

dc.contributor.authorKhoo, Siew-Ean
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-13T23:11:36Z
dc.date.available2015-12-13T23:11:36Z
dc.identifier.issn0020-7985
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/87662
dc.description.abstractThe paper examines how important family reunification is in immigrants' decision to settle permanently in their country of destination. Using longitudinal data for a cohort of recent immigrants to Australia, it examines whether migrants' permanent settlement intention reported soon after arrival is related to their family sponsorship patterns and intention to sponsor, and whether family sponsorship patterns and intention in turn have an effect on immigrants' permanent settlement/return migration decision. The results show that a significant relation exists between sponsorship of close family members for migration and immigrants' permanent settlement intention and that the relation is particularly strong among skilled migrants. The study demonstrates the importance of kinship ties in permanent settlement and return migration decisions and suggests that liberal policies on family reunion migration may minimize settle loss, especially among skilled immigrants.
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltd
dc.sourceInternational Migration
dc.subjectKeywords: immigrant population; international migration; migration determinant; return migration; skilled labor; Australasia; Australia
dc.titleSponsorship of relatives for migration and immigrant settlement intention
dc.typeJournal article
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.description.refereedYes
local.identifier.citationvolume41
dc.date.issued2003
local.identifier.absfor160303 - Migration
local.identifier.ariespublicationMigratedxPub17036
local.type.statusPublished Version
local.contributor.affiliationKhoo, Siew-Ean, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU
local.bibliographicCitation.issue5
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage177
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage199
local.identifier.doi10.1111/j.0020-7985.2003.00265.x
dc.date.updated2015-12-12T08:28:11Z
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-0347622325
CollectionsANU Research Publications

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