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Reunifying Versus Living Apart Together Across Borders: A Comparative Analysis of sub-Saharan Migration to Europe

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  • Cris Beauchemin
  • Jocelyn Nappa
  • Bruno Schoumaker
  • Pau Baizan
  • Amparo González-Ferrer
  • Kim Caarls
  • Valentina Mazzucato

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type="main" xml:id="imre12155-abs-0001"> This article studies the process of reunification in Europe among “living apart together across borders” (LATAB) couples of African origin (DR Congo, Ghana, and Senegal). Couple reunion is conceived as a multilevel process, wherein state selection (through immigration policies in destination countries) interacts with self-selection (at the couple level), under influence of the social context at origin. Based on event history analyses of the MAFE project, empirical results show that LATAB is a majority and durable living arrangement for sub-Saharan migrants, that the odds if reunifying depend on gender and inter-generational relationships, and that restrictive contexts at destination do not deter couple reunion.

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  • Cris Beauchemin & Jocelyn Nappa & Bruno Schoumaker & Pau Baizan & Amparo González-Ferrer & Kim Caarls & Valentina Mazzucato, 2015. "Reunifying Versus Living Apart Together Across Borders: A Comparative Analysis of sub-Saharan Migration to Europe," International Migration Review, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 49(1), pages 173-199, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:intmig:v:49:y:2015:i:1:p:173-199
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