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This topical book sheds light on immigrants' subjective well-being by analysing the main factors associated with self-reported life satisfaction among immigrants and natives. It thereby draws upon subjective components of well-being, which are now receiving growing attention in well-being research. It also fills in a gap in migration research, which has not yet focused on the study of immigrants' well-being. Starting from a broader focus on Europe, the book then looks more closely at Italy. This is a key country in the immigration policy field in Europe, but where the study of immigrants' integration from a subjective perspective has been rarely addressed so far. The book provides suggestions for constructing and implementing immigration and integration policies by not only taking into account the needs of the host societies, but also the experiences, opinions, requirements and expectations of immigrants. This book is very useful for academic and policy researchers working on immigrant integration issues.
List of contents
Chapter 1.Introduction.- Chapter 2. Immigrant integration policies in Europe.- Chapter 3. The European Union framework on immigrant integration.- Chapter 4. Subjective well-being of immigrants in Europe.- Chapter 5. Immigrants' self-reported life satisfaction in Europe.- Chapter 6. Immigrants' subjective well-being in Italy.- Chapter 7. Subjective well-being of children with a migrant background in Italy.- Chapter 8. Conclusions: Policy implications of immigrants' subjective well-being.
About the author
Angela Paparusso, demographer, is Researcher of the National Research Council of Italy at the Institute for Research on Population and Social Policies (CNR-IRPPS). She holds a PhD in Demography (2016) from the Doctoral School in Statistical Sciences of Sapienza University of Rome. She was also educated at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Rostock, the Autonomous University of Barcelona and CERI SciencesPo in Paris. Currently, she is part of the Rome Chapter of the UNESCO Chair in `Population, Migrations and Development¿ and she is a member of the COST Action `ETHMIGSURVEYDATA ¿ The International Ethnic and Immigrant Minorities¿ Survey Data Network¿, the Horizon 2020 project `FUME ¿ Future Migration Scenarios for Europe¿, and the PRIN project `Immigration, Integration, Settlement. Italian-Style¿. She is the author of several journal articles and book chapters on the topics of migration policies, immigrant integration, return migration intentions and subjective well-being among immigrants in Italy and Europe.
