migrant integration policy; subjective well-being; immigrants; non-immigrant population
Abstract :
[en] Existing studies show that there is a positive association between pro-migrant integration policies and the subjective well-being of immigrants. However, there is a lack of research elucidating the relations between migrant integration policies and the subjective well-being of the host (i.e., non-migrant) population. This study is based on European data and uses multilevel analysis to clarify the relations between migrant integration policy (both as a whole and its eight separate components such as: Labor market mobility and Family reunion) and the subjective well-being of the non-immigrant population in European countries. We examined relations between the Migrant Integration Policy Index (MIPEX) for 22 countries in Europe and subjective well-being, as assessed by the European Social Survey (ESS) data. The results demonstrated that there is a positive relation between the MIPEX and subjective well-being for non-immigrants. Considering different components of the MIPEX separately, we found most of them being positively related to the subjective well-being of non-immigrants. As no negative relationship was identified between any of the eight MIPEX components and subjective well-being, policies in favor of immigrant integration also seem to benefit the non-immigrant population.
Disciplines :
Sociology & social sciences Education & instruction
Author, co-author :
Tatarko, Alexander
Jurcik, Tomas
HADJAR, Andreas ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Social Sciences (DSOC)
External co-authors :
yes
Language :
English
Title :
How Migration Policy Shapes the Subjective Well-Being of the Non-immigrant Population in European Countries
Publication date :
2021
Journal title :
Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
ISSN :
0022-0221
Publisher :
SAGE Publications, New York, United States - New York
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