What facilitates the socio-economic adaptation of migrant women? Insights from Romanian women settled in Western Europe
This paper explores the issue of Romanian women migrants in Western Europe and the drivers of their socioeconomic adaptation in their new countries. We set out to understand what processes facilitate the adaptation of migrant women to Western European societies. Basing our empirical analysis on data...
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| author | Alexandru Dragan Remus Creţan Daniel Lucheş Anca E. Popescu Marius Lupșa Matichescu |
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| description | This paper explores the issue of Romanian women migrants in Western Europe and the drivers of their socioeconomic adaptation in their new countries. We set out to understand what processes facilitate the adaptation of migrant women to Western European societies. Basing our empirical analysis on data gathered through online surveys targeting Romanian women migrants (N = 775) who have settled in Western European countries, we seek to discover what influences the adaptation of Romanian woman migrants abroad, with a focus on three adaptation dimensions: cultural, structural and relational. In addition, the research addresses the dimensions of particular adaptation determinants and highlights their strength in relation to overall adaptation levels. The findings suggest that lower levels of structural adaptation on the part of women are a consequence of women’s less active engagement with core institutions in the destination country. The length of time spent in the destination country and the interlinkages between socio-economic adaptation determinants are also important agents of high adaptation. The paper contributes to current debates in the social sciences on the socio-economic adaptation of Eastern European migrants and of Romanian women migrants in particular. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-635e92e2cc344b65b447c9ee5875f70f2025-08-20T02:48:18ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Social Sciences2331-18862025-12-0111110.1080/23311886.2025.2483987What facilitates the socio-economic adaptation of migrant women? Insights from Romanian women settled in Western EuropeAlexandru Dragan0Remus Creţan1Daniel Lucheş2Anca E. Popescu3Marius Lupșa Matichescu4Department of Geography, Faculty of Chemistry, Biology, Geography, West University of Timişoara, Timișoara, RomaniaDepartment of Geography, Faculty of Chemistry, Biology, Geography, West University of Timişoara, Timișoara, RomaniaDepartment of Sociology, Faculty of Sociology and Psychology, West University of Timişoara, Timișoara, RomaniaCenter for Research and Social Development, West University of Timişoara, Timișoara, RomaniaCenter for Research and Social Development, West University of Timişoara, Timișoara, RomaniaThis paper explores the issue of Romanian women migrants in Western Europe and the drivers of their socioeconomic adaptation in their new countries. We set out to understand what processes facilitate the adaptation of migrant women to Western European societies. Basing our empirical analysis on data gathered through online surveys targeting Romanian women migrants (N = 775) who have settled in Western European countries, we seek to discover what influences the adaptation of Romanian woman migrants abroad, with a focus on three adaptation dimensions: cultural, structural and relational. In addition, the research addresses the dimensions of particular adaptation determinants and highlights their strength in relation to overall adaptation levels. The findings suggest that lower levels of structural adaptation on the part of women are a consequence of women’s less active engagement with core institutions in the destination country. The length of time spent in the destination country and the interlinkages between socio-economic adaptation determinants are also important agents of high adaptation. The paper contributes to current debates in the social sciences on the socio-economic adaptation of Eastern European migrants and of Romanian women migrants in particular.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311886.2025.2483987Migration; migrant women; cultural structural and relational adaptation; Romanian migrantssocial integrationMigration & DiasporaMigrationEuropean IntegrationGender Studies |
| spellingShingle | Alexandru Dragan Remus Creţan Daniel Lucheş Anca E. Popescu Marius Lupșa Matichescu What facilitates the socio-economic adaptation of migrant women? Insights from Romanian women settled in Western Europe Cogent Social Sciences Migration; migrant women; cultural structural and relational adaptation; Romanian migrants social integration Migration & Diaspora Migration European Integration Gender Studies |
| title | What facilitates the socio-economic adaptation of migrant women? Insights from Romanian women settled in Western Europe |
| title_full | What facilitates the socio-economic adaptation of migrant women? Insights from Romanian women settled in Western Europe |
| title_fullStr | What facilitates the socio-economic adaptation of migrant women? Insights from Romanian women settled in Western Europe |
| title_full_unstemmed | What facilitates the socio-economic adaptation of migrant women? Insights from Romanian women settled in Western Europe |
| title_short | What facilitates the socio-economic adaptation of migrant women? Insights from Romanian women settled in Western Europe |
| title_sort | what facilitates the socio economic adaptation of migrant women insights from romanian women settled in western europe |
| topic | Migration; migrant women; cultural structural and relational adaptation; Romanian migrants social integration Migration & Diaspora Migration European Integration Gender Studies |
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