Rethinking social remittances and the migration-development nexus from the perspective of time

Authors

  • Peggy Levitt Wellesley College and Harvard University
  • Deepak Lamba-Nieves MIT and the Center for the New Economy

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.59670/ml.v10i1.107

Keywords:

Social remittances, migration, time, development, transnational

Abstract

This article explores how the conceptualization, management, and measurement of time affect the migration-development nexus. We focus on how social remittances transform the meaning and worth of time, thereby changing how these ideas and practices are accepted and valued and recalibrating the relationship between migration and development. Our data reveal the need to pay closer attention to how migration’s impacts shift over time in response to its changing significance, rhythms, and horizons. How does migrants’ social influence affect and change the needs, values, and mind-frames of non-migrants? How do the ways in which social remittances are constructed, perceived, and accepted change over time for their senders and receivers?

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Published

2013-01-01

How to Cite

Levitt, P., & Lamba-Nieves, D. (2013). Rethinking social remittances and the migration-development nexus from the perspective of time. Migration Letters, 10(1), 11–22. https://doi.org/10.59670/ml.v10i1.107