Migration & Happiness

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Here is an overview of my publications on migration & happiness. Click on bold text to go to a publication.

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In English:

Academic papers

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Coming back without losing out? Return migration and subjective well-being among privileged migrants. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 

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Happiness in the daily socio-cultural integration process: A day reconstruction study among US immigrants in Germany (International Migration Review, 2023)

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Are migrants and their families happier after migration? (Paradigma Económico, 2021)

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Unsuccessful subjective well-being assimilation among immigrants: The role of faltering perceptions of the host society. (Journal of Happiness Studies, 2020)

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Bringing happiness into the study of migration and its consequences: What, why, and how? (Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies, 2019)

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Macro-conditions and immigrants' happiness: Is moving to a wealthy country all that matters? (Social Science Research, 2016)

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Why are locals happier than internal migrants? The role of daily life. (Social Indicators Research, 2016)

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The happiness of international migrants: A review of research findings. (Migration Studies, 2015)

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Book chapters or reports

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Migration and Wellbeing: A Policy Review. (Wellbeing and Policy: Evidence for Action, 2025)

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Happiness and Migration. (Encyclopedia of Happiness, Quality of Life and Subjective Wellbeing, 2024)

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Happiness and Migration. (Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics, 2021)

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Who benefits and who suffers from international migration? Global evidence from the science of happiness.

(A Modern Guide to Wellbeing Research, 2021) 

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International migration decisions and happiness: The Migration Happiness Atlas as a community development initiative. (Routledge Handbook of Community Development, 2018)

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Happiness consequences of international migration. (CaliBRANDO policy brief, 2018) 

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Does migration increase happiness? It depends. (Migration Information Source, 2018)

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Do international migrants increase their happiness and that of their families by migrating?
(World Happiness Report, 2018)

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Happiness insights into migration policy and choice behavior of immigrants.
(New Dimensions in Community Well-Being, 2017)

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Dissertation

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Migrant Happiness: Insights into the broad well-being outcomes of migration and its determinants.

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Media

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Are Migrants Happier After They Move? (Gallup News, 2018)

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In het Nederlands:

Artikel

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Migratie draagt bij aan een gelukkigere wereld. (Sociale vraagstukken, 2018)

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In de media

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Groter geluksgevoel onder immigranten na migratie. (Gezondheidsgids, 2018)

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Maar drie op de tien Poolse immigranten wonen na vijf jaar nog in Nederland. (Algemeen Dagblad, 2018)

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