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Well-Being Outcomes for Migrants: Fulfilment Vs. Disappointment
Well-Being Outcomes for Migrants: Fulfilment Vs. Disappointment
Thursday, 14 July 2016: 09:00-10:30
Location: Hörsaal 07 (Main Building)
RC31 Sociology of Migration (host committee) Language: English
Migrants expect to improve their well-being (and perhaps the well-being of their families) via migration. To what extent are those expectations generally fulfilled? Some migration scholars have recently become quite pessimistic in this regard, finding that migrants and/or their families often experience disappointment and even dysfunction. That pessimism perhaps implies that the choice of migration is sometimes misguided, or at a minimum quite risky.
This session will comprise papers that evaluate the extent of mismatch between migrants’ expectations and their outcomes. Papers might also adopt a “variation” angle, asking broadly what factors make successful outcomes more (or less) likely.
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