TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Barrett, Alan
AU  - Mosca, Irene
        TI  - Social Isolation, Loneliness and Return Migration: Evidence from Older Irish Adults
        PY  - 2012/Jan/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 6331
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp6331
        AB  - Across the subjects of economics, sociology and demography, much has been written about the difficulties faced by immigrants. However, much less attention has been paid to the re-adjustment challenges migrants face on their return. In this paper, we examine whether and the extent to which a group of returned migrants experience higher degrees of social isolation and loneliness compared to compatriots who never lived abroad. The data used are from the first wave of the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA). We find that social isolation is a significant feature of the lives of return migrants.
        KW  - loneliness
KW  - social isolation
KW  - immigrants
        ER  -