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Migration and Old Age: Examining Intersecting Vulnerabilities and Concerns
Migration and population aging, the two phenomena encountered by the contemporary world, are not only changing the demographic profile of the...
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Age and Home in Migration
Age, generation and life-course transitions are key considerations in the analysis of home and homing processes in migration. Drawing on the growing...
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Old-Age Care in India
The psychosocial and physical well-being of the elderly in India has emerged as one of the most important issues and challenges for the nation. The...
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Dynamics and implications of the age profiles of inter-provincial migration in China
This research examines the shifts in age profiles among migrants in China, utilizing microdata derived from four national censuses and two 1%...
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Migration-related inequalities in loneliness across age groups: a cross-national comparative study in Europe
This study aims to contribute to the growing interest in the consequences of migration for loneliness by investigating the role of generational...
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Migration in South Asia: Old and New Mobilities
The topic “Migration” is considered as a bedrock of South Asian Civilization. It has the largest Diaspora among the World, with India as a lead....
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Population Ageing and Community-Based Old Age Care Supply in China
The Chinese society is becoming old before becoming rich. It is also experiencing major social transitions such as smaller household sizes,...
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Age Exaggeration Ruses: Infrequent Age Overstatement Distorts the Mortality Curve at Old Age
A mathematical model of age exaggeration is suggested that enables studying the statistical manifestations of the age overstatement formally, in...
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Free Time in Old Age: Does Health Status Determine the Choice of Leisure Activities in Indonesia?
This paper examines which leisure activities appear more attractive to older people, considering health status, disability and...
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Heritage, Birthplace, Age at Migration, and Education as Life Course Mechanisms Influencing Cognitive Aging Among Latinos
Latinos are the fastest-growing segment of older adults in the United States and are at high risk for cognitive impairment (CI). Although research on...
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Gender, Work, and Leisure in Old Age in China and India
This paper examines how paid and unpaid work affects leisure differently for older women and men in China and India. We use data from the World...
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Participation in Growing Old
After the conceptual justifications in Chaps. 1 and 2 , the...
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The EU Migration-Development Nexus and the Stratification of Migration
In its endeavors to reduce irregular migration, the European Union (EU) closely connects migration and asylum issues to the development of origin...
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Intersectional Perspective on Intergenerational Exchange of Support in the Context of Migration
Research on migration tends to focus more on the experience of migrants in receiving nations than on the lives of the ones left behind. While there...
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Return Migration of Rural-Urban Migrant Children in China
Rural migrant children in urban China face multiple barriers in the public education system, and these challenges lead many of them to return to...
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Social Capital in Old-Age and the Role of the Social Marginalisation
In India, despite heavy constitutional protection, due to caste-based discrimination, millions of residents are still struggling to access their...
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Marriage and Migration: Obligations, Love and Loneliness
This stage in the life course, marriage, like youth is determined by changing gender roles and added responsibilities. As young girls now begin to...
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Internal Retirement Migration in Japan Revisited
The question of whether retirement migration occurs in Japan has raised a certain concern in the country’s population geography since the 1980s....
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Conceptualising Home in Migration: An Introduction
This Short Reader presents a pathway through the vast and rich social-scientific literature that exists on home and migration from various...
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Migration and Development
The topic of the relationship between migration and development is one of the most controversial areas in migration research and policy. For a long...