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A Twenty-First Century Introduction to Americans Abroad

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Abstract

In this new introduction to the second edition, we have sought to provide the reader with recent data and newer understandings of Americans living abroad. In doing so, we touched on a variety of topics, including the following:

  • Context of research on US emigrants.

  • Challenge of studying such a “rare population”.

  • Definition of Americans who live abroad (ALA).

  • Process of estimating ALA.

  • Current estimates of all ALA.

  • Current estimates of foreign-born US emigrants.

  • Characteristics of US emigrants.

  • Diversity of ALA.

  • Famous and infamous Americans living abroad.

  • Unauthorized departees.

  • Motivations for emigration.

  • Dynamics of emigrant experience.

  • Perceptions of US population about living abroad.

  • Issues of transnationalism and diaspora.

  • Trends and projections for the future.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    See also Dashefsky and Sheskin (2012) on “Estimating a Rare Population: The Case of American Jews.”

  2. 2.

    This tally included four articles found in the search which used the root term “emmigra-” (sic), two of which were peer-reviewed.

  3. 3.

    The influence of social networks noted in our original research is reinforced by a more recent qualitative study by Amit and Riss (2007), in which the major role of the internet is demonstrated (a phenomenon not available to our respondents!).

  4. 4.

    One factor that is not widely noted is the role of happiness. As Ivlevs (2014) observes, “Although the literature has yet to establish definitively whether happiness drives emigration, happiness appears to be an important determinate of the emigration decision. Correlational evidence points to a negative association between happiness and the emigration decision, while one study suggests a positive causal effect of life satisfaction on the intention to migrate. Not all people expressing a desire to migrate actually do so; however, and those who do can become less happy in their new home. Policymakers in migrant-sending and migrant-receiving countries might want to include attention to subjective well-being in their migration policy agenda.”

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