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International retirement migrants
Malmö University, Faculty of Culture and Society (KS), Department of Global Political Studies (GPS). University of Sussex, United Kingdom.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6662-3305
Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Milan, Italy.
2023 (English)In: Handbook on Migration and Ageing / [ed] Sandra Torres; Alistair Hunter, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023, p. 172-182Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

International retirement migration (IRM) is hard to quantify yet is an increasingly important element in global migration, especially from more wealthy countries. IRM is driven by demographic, economic and lifestyle factors and is strongly interrelated with tourism flows and destinations. Conventionally seen as a privileged, socio-economically selective migration, it also attracts ‘pension-poor’ people seeking cheaper as well as more satisfying retirement lifestyles in warmer climates and pleasant urban and rural landscapes. Three regional systems of IRM are described: the European north-to-south migration of retirees to places such as southern Spain or rural Tuscany; the American system from North to Latin America, notably Ecuador; and an Asian system focused on Thailand as key destination. Despite systemic shocks such as the global economic crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic, IRM is likely to increase in the future, with new typologies and geographies of movement emerging.

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Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023. p. 172-182
Keywords [en]
Retirement, Lifestyle, Rural idyll, Climate, Quality-of-life, Ageing population
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International Migration and Ethnic Relations
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-64266DOI: 10.4337/9781839106774.00024Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85168634298ISBN: 9781839106767 (print)ISBN: 9781839106774 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mau-64266DiVA, id: diva2:1818786
Available from: 2023-12-12 Created: 2023-12-12 Last updated: 2024-01-09Bibliographically approved

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