New perspective on youth migration: Motives and family investment patterns

<b>Background</b>: Migration research commonly assumes that youth migrate as dependent family members or are motivated by current labor opportunities and immediate financial returns. These perspectives ignore how migration experiences, specifically motives and remittance behaviors, are u...

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Main Author: Jessica Heckert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research 2015-10-01
Series:Demographic Research
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Online Access:http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol33/27/