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Abstract
Underemployment and unemployment are among the core reasons for moving abroad for several Filipinos. By sending remittances back home, they try to improve the livelihoods of their families left behind. Scholars have focussed on the use of remittances among the receivers in the migrant’s country of origin, as well as on the inclusion of migrants to the destination country. However, less attention has been given to supportive and encouraging features helping the migrants to stay separated from the family left behind. This paper aims to answer the question about what the mechanisms are for maintaining a reciprocal relationship in a transnational Filipino family extending from the Philippines to Finland. Attention is given to both remittances and the so-called reversed remittances in the creation of cohesion of a transnational family.
Translated title of the contribution | Bonding and Binding ties between Finland and the Philippines: Reciprocal Remittances in Filipino Transnational Families |
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Original language | French |
Journal | Migrations société |
Volume | 30 |
Issue number | 172 (2/2018) |
Pages (from-to) | 119-132 |
Number of pages | 13 |
ISSN | 0995-7367 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jun 2018 |
MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
Fields of Science
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MIDI - Migration and Diaspora Studies Research Group
Wahlbeck, Ö., Saksela-Bergholm, S., Creutz, K., La Vecchia-Mikkola, V., Holley, P., Lillrank, A., Kivisto, P., Toivanen, M., Martikainen, T., Valtonen, K., Pyrhönen, N. J., Koikkalainen, S. & Toivanen, M.
01/10/2014 → …
Project: Research project
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Transnationalism as a Social Resource among Diaspora Communities
Wahlbeck, Ö., Holley, P., Saksela-Bergholm, S., Toivanen, M., Koikkalainen, S. & Toivanen, M.
01/09/2016 → 31/08/2020
Project: Research project