Abstract
In this article, I derive estimates of migrants' expected years of residence in each of 31 countries in the European Union and European Free Trade Association each year from 2002 to 2007. A country-level measure summarizing the temporal dynamics of international migration, I compare my results against the often used compositional measure of the percent foreign born, and show that these two measures reflect different population processes. I likewise demonstrate the utility of the measure derived here as a tool to assess countries' integration policies on long-term residence per their scores in the Migrant Integration Policy Index. Key theoretical and policy implications are discussed.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 249-295 |
Number of pages | 47 |
Journal | International Migration Review |
Volume | 47 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 2013 |