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Institutional theory and family migration -- Hong Kong's institutional background -- pt. 1. Cosmopolitan emigrants -- The Luk family : exit and return of emigrant planners -- The Chou and Leung families : immigrant entrepreneurs -- Francis Kwong : the professional's dilemma -- pt. 2. The rooted : ties to Hong Kong deter migration -- The Gung family : Hong Kong locals -- The Ongs : a nonemigrant trading family -- Brian Wan : the extended family emigrates -- pt. 3. Working class families : unlikely emigrants -- The Szeto family : nowhere to run -- The Hung family : cancelled migration dreams -- The Chia brothers : constructing Hong Kong as the place to be -- Conclusion: Movers and stayers

Borrowing concepts from the study of work and occupations as well as gender studies, this paper considers the social organization of migration as gendered work. It explores women's and men's contribution to two aspects of family resources needed to migrate: (a) jobs and the non-market exchanges involved in obtaining work, and (b) the support of kin. The data come from a study of 30 emigrant and non-emigrant families representing three social classes in Hong Kong. We find their "migration work" varies by social class and gender. Since the working class families depend on kin to get resources to emigrate, their "migration work" involves maintaining these kin ties, mainly in the job area. The lower middle class proffer advice to kin, and they view kin as an information source on topics including migration. For the affluent, middle-class who negotiate independently to emigrate, their "migration work" involves linking colleagues to the family.