Internal Migration as a Life-Course Trajectory: Toward a Research Agenda on Repeat Migration

Aude Bernard ()
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Aude Bernard: University of Queensland, Queensland Ctr for Population Research

Chapter Chapter 9 in Internal Migration as a Life-Course Trajectory, 2022, pp 171-187 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter begins by synthesising insights gained from conceptualising internal migration as a life-course trajectory and drawing on long-term migration histories. First, it shows that the dichotomy between migrants and non-migrants conceals a wide range of migration behaviours and overlooks the impact of migration experience early in life on subsequent migration behaviour. A salient finding is the importance of repeat migration in driving cross-national variation in the level of internal migration combined. A second finding is the heterogeneity that exists between repeat migrants, in terms of the number of lifetime migrations and their direction to new regions or to regions of previous residence. Collectively these findings call for a more nuanced approach to internal migration. The chapter then discusses the benefits of contextualising migration decisions within a broader migration history and goes on to argue that regression models that do not account for migration history are likely to be biased. It contends that the maturation of longitudinal surveys and the increasing availability of register and administrative datasets present an unprecedented opportunity to extend the scope of research on repeat migration and deepen our understanding of the motivations for migrating and their consequences over the life-course of migrants. Finally, it introduces a research agenda on repeat migration that tackles four inter-related dimensions: (1) the socio-economic profile of repeat migrants, (2) the long-term socio-economic implications of repeat migration, (3) the consequences for internal migration trends, and (4) the mechanisms linking past and future migration in the migration decision-making process.

Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-05423-5_9

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