Transnational Families Between A frica and E urope

V Mazzucato, D Schans, K Caarls… - International …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
This paper provides a descriptive and comparative analysis of transnational families with
members located in A frica and E urope. It is thus far the only quantitative study, to our …

Beyond breadwinning: Ghanaian transnational fathering in the Netherlands

M Poeze - Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
This article probes how gender norms and male migrants' legal and socio-economic position
shape transnational fathering amongst Ghanaian-born fathers, residing in the Netherlands …

Linkages between migration and the care of frail older people: observations from Greece, Ghana and The Netherlands

S Van der Geest, A Mul, H Vermeulen - Ageing & Society, 2004 - cambridge.org
There are at least four ways in which old age and migration cross each other's paths. First of
all, there are people who migrated for economic reasons, usually at a relatively young age …

[BOOK][B] Historical dictionary of Ghana

D Owusu-Ansah - 2014 - books.google.com
Ghana, the former British colony of the Gold Coast, is historically known for being the first
country to the south of the Sahara to attain political independence from colonial rule. It is …

[BOOK][B] The migration myth in policy and practice: Dreams, development and despair

AKMA Ullah, MS Haque - 2020 - Springer
Migration has appeared as one of the most crucial issues of the contemporary world
because of the ubiquity, upshot and the attendant impacts. Migration is about people, their …

The effects of transnational parenting on the subjective health and well‐being of Ghanaian migrants in the Netherlands

BB Dito, V Mazzucato, D Schans - Population, Space and Place, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Migrant parents from the Global South who migrate to the Global North often leave their
children in the origin country either by choice or as a result of stringent migration policies in …

Psychological well‐being of Ghanaian children in transnational families

V Mazzucato, V Cebotari - Population, Space and Place, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This study is one of the first large‐scale analyses on child psychological well‐being in the
context of parental migration when children remain in an African country. As such, it …

Transnational parenting and the well‐being of Angolan migrant parents in Europe

V Mazzucato, BB Dito, M Grassi, J Vivet - Global Networks, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Studies on the transnational family highlight the emotional difficulties of migrant parents
separated from their children through international migration. This article consists of a large …

African transnational families: Cross‐country and gendered comparisons

K Caarls, K Haagsman, EK Kraus… - Population, Space and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Studies indicated differences between transnational family life for migrant mothers and
fathers and that the effects on their “left‐behind” children differ according to who migrates …

Transnational relationships and reunification: Ghanaian couples between Ghana and Europe

K Caarls, V Mazzucato - Demographic Research, 2016 - JSTOR
BACKGROUND The ability of couples to migrate together or to reunify in the destination
country is increasingly limited because family reunification laws are becoming more …