<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Cultural, social, and economic factors have led to an increase in late-life migration of citizens from richer countries to poorer ones. Although research interest in this phenomenon has risen as well, the case of people leaving Switzerland remains little studied. Yet, in 2017, 11 % of Swiss men and women aged 65 and over lived abroad. Drawing on two case studies of older Swiss migrants to Spain and Morocco, this article contributes to a better understanding of this phenomenon.</p></abstract>

Cultural, social, and economic factors have led to an increase in late-life migration of citizens from richer countries to poorer ones. Although research interest in this phenomenon has risen as well, the case of people leaving Switzerland remains little studied. Yet, in 2017, 11 % of Swiss men and women aged 65 and over lived abroad. Drawing on two case studies of older Swiss migrants to Spain and Morocco, this article contributes to a better understanding of this phenomenon.

Ageing Abroad. The Case of Swiss Nationals in Morocco and Spain

Swiss Journal of Sociology

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Cultural, social, and economic factors have led to an increase in late-life migration of citizens from richer countries to poorer ones. Although research...

Ageing Abroad. The Case of Swiss Nationals in Morocco and Spain

Published Online: Jul 16, 2020

Page range: 199 - 217

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2020-0011

Keywords
Old age, migration, transnationalism, health, intregration

© 2020 Marion Repetti et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Ageing Abroad. The Case of Swiss Nationals in Morocco and Spain

Published Online: Jul 16, 2020

Page range: 199 - 217

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2020-0011

KeywordsOld age, migration, transnationalism, health, intregration

© 2020 Marion Repetti et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Old age, migration, transnationalism, health, intregration