title: The economic determinants of Greek return migration to the islands of the East Aegean.
abstract: "The purpose of this article is to investigate the economic determinants of Greek return migration to the islands of the East Aegean, a region comprising hundreds of islands of different size in four administrative departments....[It] examines the sensitivity of return migration flows to changes in economic variables which influence decisions to return....The purpose...is to investigate the effect on return migration not only of economic development in the host country (push factors) but also of economic development in the islands of the East Aegean (pull factors), given their isolation from the mainland and their different economic structures." (SUMMARY IN SPA AND FRE)
mesh_terms: D001519:Behavior; D003657:Decision Making; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005060:Europe; D006115:Greece; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics
keywords: Behavior; Decision Making; Demographic Factors; Destination; Developed Countries; Economic Development; Economic Factors; Europe; Greece; Mediterranean Countries; Migration; Origin; Population; Population Dynamics; Return Migration--determinants; Southern Europe