Are Movers more Egalitarian than Stayers?: An Intergenerational Perspective on IntraHousehold Financial Decision-Making

Şebnem Eroğlu

doi:10.1177/0197918318809923

Are Movers more Egalitarian than Stayers? An Intergenerational Perspective on IntraHousehold Financial Decision-Making

Şebnem Eroğlu

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Abstract

This study seeks to investigate the role of international migration in shaping the financial decision-making behaviours of married couples through a comparison of three generations of Turkish migrants to Europe (i.e., movers) with their counterparts who remained in Turkey (i.e., stayers). The data are drawn from a subset of personal data from the 2000 Families Survey, involving 4215
interviews performed randomly with married individuals nested within 1713 families. The results suggest that international migration increases the tendency for spouses to jointly decide on their finances by a) weakening the intergenerational transmission of traditional financial decision-making behaviours and gender ideologies and b) enabling more intense acculturation of younger generations within ‘less patriarchal’ contexts. With its unique, intergenerational, and origin-based perspective, the study provides particular insight into the understudied relationship between migration and intra-household decision-making and its benefits for gender equality.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	120-146
Number of pages	27
Journal	International Migration Review
Volume	54
Issue number	1
Early online date	28 Nov 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0197918318809923
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2020

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 5 Gender Equality
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities

Keywords

financial control
household finances
Intergenerational transmission
International Migration
intra-household allocation
Turkish diaspora in Europe

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- S.Eroglubristol.acuk
- School for Policy Studies - Associate Professor in Social Policy
- Bristol Poverty Institute
- Migration Mobilities Bristol
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