Developmental idealism and migration: theorizing their relationship and an empirical example from Nepal
In: Migration and development, Band 11, Heft 3, S. 818-851
ISSN: 2163-2332
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In: Migration and development, Band 11, Heft 3, S. 818-851
ISSN: 2163-2332
In: Journal of ethnic and migration studies: JEMS, Band 45, Heft 7, S. 1185-1206
ISSN: 1469-9451
In: Demography, Band 49, Heft 2, S. 677-698
ISSN: 1533-7790
AbstractMany scholars have offered structural and ideational explanations for the fertility changes occurring around the world. This paper focuses on the influence of developmental idealism—a schema or set of beliefs endorsing development, fertility change, and causal connections between development and fertility. Developmental idealism is argued to be an important force affecting both population policy and the fertility behavior of ordinary people. We present new survey data from ordinary people in six countries—Argentina, China, Egypt, Iran, Nepal, and the United States—about the extent to which developmental idealism is known and believed. We ask individuals if they believe that fertility and development are correlated, that development is a causal force in changing fertility levels, and that fertility declines enhance the standard of living and intergenerational relations. We also ask people about their expectations concerning future trends in fertility in their countries and whether they approve or disapprove of the trends they expect. The data show widespread linkage in the minds of ordinary people between fertility and development. Large fractions of people in these six settings believe that fertility and development are correlated, that development reduces fertility, and that declines in fertility foster development. Many also expect and endorse future declines in fertility.
In: International migration review: IMR, Band 54, Heft 4, S. 964-991
ISSN: 1747-7379, 0197-9183
The study of social capital has been one of the strongest areas of recent advance in migration research, but there are still many questions about how it works and why it has varying effects in studies of different places. In this article, we address the contextual variation in social capital's effects on migration by considering migration brokers. We argue that destinations for which migration is logistically difficult to arrange give rise to brokerage industries and hypothesize that brokers, in turn, substitute for the informational capital typically provided by social networks. Our empirical tests in Nepal support this narrative, showing that social networks matter for migration to destinations where brokers are not available and have little discernible effect on migration to brokered destinations. Our results suggest that migration research should consider the growing role of brokerage agencies, that theorizations of social capital more broadly must contend with how it is delimited by brokers, and that social scientists might also consider other consequences that can arise from these migration brokers that are increasingly common in many countries and provide a marketized replacement for social capital in some cases.
In: World development: the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, Band 130, S. 1-15
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