ArticleDemography2023
Return Migration Selection and Its Impact on the Migrant Mortality Advantage: New Evidence Using French Pension Data.
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- Socioeconomic inequalities in life expectancy within and between native-born and foreign-born populations: a comparative study of 10 European countries.International journal of epidemiology · 2026Article
- Using pension payments abroad to examine post-retirement migration and health among Finnish migrants in Sweden.Journal of migration and health · 2026Article
- Ethnic inequalities in all-cause mortality in the UK: the importance of evidence in shaping health policy.The Lancet regional health. Europe · 2025Article
- The return of Chinese nurses from overseas (2009-2023): a mixed-method study on influencing factors.Globalization and health · 2025Article
- Internal migration, health selection, and the salmon bias: A register-based study of Finland.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2025Article
- US-born and foreign-born life expectancy by race and Hispanic origin before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2025Article
- Mortality impact of the Covid-19 epidemic on immigrant populations in Spain.SSM - population health · 2022Article
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Abstract
The migrant mortality advantage (MMA) has been observed in many immigrant-receiving countries, but its underlying factors remain poorly understood. This article examines the role of return migration selection effects in explaining the MMA among males aged 65+ using a rich, unique dataset from France. This dataset contains information on native-born and foreign-born pensioners who are tracked worldwide until they die, providing a rare opportunity to assess return migration selection effects and their impact on the MMA. Results provide evidence of substantial and systematic negative return migration selection among foreign-born males in France. Old-age returns, in particular, appear particularly affected by such selection; however, they are not frequent enough to explain the MMA at ages 65+. By contrast, returns at younger ages are much more frequent, and the MMA at ages 65+ essentially disappears once these earlier returns are considered. This study extends the literature on negative selection at return and its impact on the MMA by providing evidence that such negative selection may operate not only at older ages but throughout the life course, with impacts on the MMA that are larger than previously suggested.
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