Return Migration Selection and Its Impact on the Migrant Mortality Advantage: New Evidence Using French Pension Data.

ABSTRACT: The migrant mortality advantage (MMA) has been observed in many immigrant-receiving countries, but its underlying factors remain poorly understood. This article examines the role of return migration selection effects in explaining the MMA among males aged 65+ using a rich, unique dataset from France. This dataset contains information on native-born and foreign-born pensioners who are tracked worldwide until they die, providing a rare opportunity to assess return migration selection effects and their impact on the MMA. Results provide evidence of substantial and systematic negative return migration selection among foreign-born males in France. Old-age returns, in particular, appear particularly affected by such selection; however, they are not frequent enough to explain the MMA at ages 65+.

SUBMITTER: Guillot M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10587819 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature