Subjective Well-Being between the Migration Experience of Returnees and the Country Effect: An Integrated Approach on European Spaces
Subjective Well-Being between the Migration Experience of Returnees and the Country Effect: An Integrated Approach on European Spaces

Summary/Abstract: How is the well-being of returnees when considered from the point of view of the migration experienceabroad? To answer this question, the first hypothesis considers that returnees differ in the function of thekey activity they had abroad – working, studying or living there without working or studying. Secondly,even if one maintains constant socio-demographic profiles, the country of return counts. Thirdly, it dependsalso on the facet of subjective well-being (SWB) that is considered – the happiness of living in a certaincountry of the European Union or a person’s satisfaction with life, country, public services or income. Theresults of the multivariate analysis indicate that experience of migration, country of current residence and facetsof SWB all count. Returnees – through their experience of migration abroad – are compared to non-migrants.The answers come from analysing data from a large Eurobarometer survey in the European Union.Multivariate regression and cluster analysis are the main data-processing procedures. The stability of theresults is tested by sensitivity analysis.

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