Research on happiness casts doubt on the notion that increases in income generally bring
greater happiness. This finding can be taken to imply that economic migration might fail to …

It is time to fundamentally reframe the research agenda on remittances, payments, and
development. We describe many of the research questions that now dominate the literature …

It has been shown that higher levels of subjective well‐being lead to greater work
productivity, better physical health and enhanced social skills. Because of these positive …

As with most significant decisions people make, migration is generally an attempt to improve
one's quality of life. In conventional terms, one might expect that such an attempt would …

Arguments for “open borders” typically assume that migration from poorer countries to
wealthy countries generally makes the migrants themselves better off; indeed, many …

Very little is understood about how immigrants affect the happiness, or subjective well-being
of natives. We use the European Social Survey to analyze the effects of aggregate …

A partir de finales de la década de 1990 la llegada de amplios contingentes de
sudamericanos a España tuvo lugar en un contexto inmigratorio caracterizado por la …

People between two countries always feel sorrow. Mothers and fathers worry about how
their child is doing in another country. The child sometimes finds happiness. From the …

Using data from the Gallup World Poll and Latinobarometro, we examinethe relationship
between life satisfaction, vulnerabilities, and migration in LatinAmerica. We look at three …

Despite evidence of the impact of adult children's migration on left-behind older parents, the
comparison of left-behind older parents' mental health and psychological well-being …