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Migrant networks and migrant intentions to return
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Social ties are potentially an important determinant of migrants’ intention to return to their
home country, and yet this topic has not been addressed in the existing economics literature
on international migration. This study examines the absolute and relative importance of
migrant social networks both at destination and at origin. We base our research on
experimental data from Batista and Narciso (2013)1. By defining networks according to
different characteristics of their members and migrant return intentions with respect to three
different time horizons, we are able to dissect the network effect into its components. After
controlling for unobserved heterogeneity and reverse causality biases we find that network
at home seems to be the most important determinant of the migrant’s intention to return home
within five and ten years.
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International migration Return migration Return intentions Social networks