Regional Studies
Volume 50, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 864-876
Immigrants’ Decision to Stay in the Canary Islands: A Latent Class Approach (Article)
León C.J.* ,
Hernández Alemán A.
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Applied Economic Analysis, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Instituto de Turismo y Desarrollo Económico Sostenible (TiDES), Campus de Tafira, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas E-35017, Spain
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Applied Economic Analysis, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Instituto de Turismo y Desarrollo Económico Sostenible (TiDES), Campus de Tafira, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas E-35017, Spain
Abstract
León C. J. and Hernández Alemán A. Immigrants’ decision to stay in the Canary Islands: a latent class approach, Regional Studies. This paper presents evidence on the socioeconomic and psychological factors that explain international immigrants' decisions to stay in the Canary Islands. The data are modelled using a latent class binary approach that allows two types of migrant to be considered according to their level of probability of staying at the destination. The results show that psychological factors (negative emotions, expectations, social integration) are more important for those migrants with a low probability of staying. In addition, the circumstances at the destination (Spanish language, years of stay, number of migrations, remittances) are significant only for those migrants with a high probability of staying. These results have implications for immigration policies in both the origin and host regions. © 2014 Regional Studies Association.
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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84907992780&doi=10.1080%2f00343404.2014.949654&partnerID=40&md5=f6ffd58deb56b85b133b96be5bb2e9f6
DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2014.949654
ISSN: 00343404
Cited by: 2
Original Language: English