Complete the account of the theories that replaced simple push and pull.
The new economics of labour migration makes the decision unit the ______ rather than the individual, which explains why remittances flow back. Dual labour market theory locates the cause in persistent ______ in destination economies for work natives decline. Network theory explains why corridors become ______, since each migrant lowers the cost for the next. Berry’s framework crosses cultural maintenance with contact to give assimilation, integration, separation and ______.
Word bank: household · demand · self-sustaining · marginalisation · employer · temporary
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- The first blank is the unit that sends one member and keeps the rest at origin.
- Berry’s fourth orientation is the one in which neither heritage culture nor contact is maintained.
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The new economics of labour migration makes the decision unit the household rather than the individual, which explains why remittances flow back. Dual labour market theory locates the cause in persistent demand in destination economies for work natives decline. Network theory explains why corridors become self-sustaining, since each migrant lowers the cost for the next. Berry’s framework crosses cultural maintenance with contact to give assimilation, integration, separation and marginalisation.
The three mechanisms operate at different levels, household strategy, destination labour demand, and the accumulated structure of past movement, and they are complementary rather than rival. A full account of any corridor usually needs all three, which is why single-cause explanations of a particular flow are almost always incomplete.
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