Marriage Migration and the Labour Market: 'The case of migrants of Turkish descent in Belgium'

This article starts by asking whether economic motivations can explain why so many youngsters with a migrant background choose to marry a relatively unknown partner from the same region as their parents came from, a region that is largely unknown to them, and conversely why so many young people in c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Christiane Timmerman, Johan Wets
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Helsinki University Press 2011-10-01
Series:Nordic Journal of Migration Research
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Online Access:https://journal-njmr.org/articles/36