Do I stay because I am happy or am I happy because I stay? Life satisfaction in migration, and the decision to stay permanently, return and out-migrate
Do I stay because I am happy or am I happy because I stay? Life satisfaction in migration, and the decision to stay permanently, return and out-migrate
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我留下来是因为我快乐，还是我快乐因为我留下来？
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2013
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Isilda Mara
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M. Landesmann;Isilda Mara
以永久移徙、返回或向外移徙为形式的流动可以为个人提供有酬就业、更好的工作和更高的收入水平。但是，越来越多的研究表明，不应严格从功利主义的角度来评估移徙带来的好处，而应考虑到主观的福祉指标。本研究的目的是测试如何在移民经验的生活满意度决定的偏好，以留在，返回或外移控制不仅为经济，而且为社会和主观幸福的决定因素。我们的目标是通过结合两个研究流（关于移民和返回决策的研究流以及关于生活满意度和主观幸福感的研究流）来解决这一分析，以便通过添加其他社会科学的一些主要发现来拓宽分析框架。研究结果证实，一旦进入目的地国，永久居留、移居另一国或返回家园等移徙意图通过各种社会和经济驱动因素与生活满意度评估密切相关。对妇女而言，生活满意度不仅是移徙偏好的良好预测因素，而且也是一个中介因素，而对男子而言，这一点尚未得到证实。似乎与生活满意度有积极联系的决定因素是公民参与和住房，这两个因素与移徙者报告的高生活满意度相关。
Mobility in the form of permanent migration, return or out-migration can provide individuals with gainful employment, better jobs and a higher level of earnings. But as a growing number of studies are suggesting, the gains from migration should not be strictly evaluated from the utilitarian approach but subjective well-being indicators should be taken into consideration. The purpose of this study is to test how life satisfaction during the migration experience determines the preference to stay, return or out-migrate by controlling not only for economic but also for social and subjective well-being determinants. We aim to address this analysis by combining two streams of research the one on migration and return decisions and the one on life satisfaction and subjective well-being, so as to broaden the analytical framework by adding some of the main findings from other social sciences. The results of the study confirm that, once in the destination country, migration intentions such as to stay permanently, to move to another country or to return home are strongly linked to the assessment of life satisfaction through diverse social and economic drivers. For women, life satisfaction is not only a good predictor of migration preferences but also a mediator, whereas for men this is not confirmed. Determinants that appear to be positively linked with life satisfaction are civic participation and housing which correlate with migrants reporting high levels of life satisfaction.