Why do Europeans Migrate to Berlin? Social-Structural Differences for Italian, British, French a002 Nationals in the Period between 1980 and 2002

One of the main issues in migration research concerns the reasons migrants have for crossing borders. It is assumed in the research that migration is primarily economically driven. In recent studies, however, the importance of social and cultural reasons for migration has become apparent. In this co...

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Published inInternational migration Vol. 52; no. 4; pp. 209 - 230
Main Author Verwiebe, Roland
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.08.2014
Subjects
Age Differences
Borders
Europe
European Cultural Groups
France
Italy
Logistics
Migrants
Migration
Poland
United Kingdom
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Summary:One of the main issues in migration research concerns the reasons migrants have for crossing borders. It is assumed in the research that migration is primarily economically driven. In recent studies, however, the importance of social and cultural reasons for migration has become apparent. In this context, the present contribution discusses the reasons for the migration of Europeans from Italy, France, the United Kingdom, and Poland who moved to Germany (Berlin) between 1980 and 2002. In this case, it can be shown empirically that purely economic reasons play a lesser role in migration than is generally assumed, whereas social and cultural motives actually have a much greater influence. Primary data gathered in Berlin early in 2002 form the empirical foundation of the study. Multinomial logistic regressions are used to discuss the function of social-structural differences (e.g., nationality, age, gender, education, social origin) in the formation of individual reasons for migration. Adapted from the source document.
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ISSN:0020-7985
DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2435.2010.00663.x