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Intra-household conflicts in migration decisionmaking: return and pendulum migration in Morocco
1Oxford University.
Population and Development Review
|October 2, 2010
Summary
Aging Moroccan migrants
Area of Science:
- Sociology
- Demography
- Transnational Studies
Background:
- Examines first-generation, aging Moroccan migrants' transnational residential strategies.
- Critiques migration theories focusing solely on the household as the decision-making unit.
Observation:
- Analyzes the impact of intra-household power dynamics on migration decisions.
- Investigates how migration choices affect family power relations.
Findings:
- Many early labor migrants reunified families in Europe instead of returning to Morocco.
- Pendulum migration strategies emerge to balance ties with Morocco and family reluctance to return.
- Unilateral decisions against family reunification lead to return post-working life but block children's legal entry, causing intergenerational conflict.
Implications:
- Challenges the household as the sole unit of migration analysis.
- Highlights the significance of intra-household conflicts and power inequalities in migration.
- Reveals intergenerational tensions arising from differing migration goals and legal barriers.
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