Sociocultural Influences on Subjective Well-Being: Evidence from Syrian Migrants in Turkey

Eleftherios Giovanis; Sacit Hadi  Akdede; Oznur  Ozdamar

doi:10.29333/ejecs/2222

Authors

Eleftherios Giovanis Izmir Bakırçay University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7492-7461
Sacit Hadi Akdede https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7220-9220
Oznur Ozdamar https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2188-3733

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29333/ejecs/2222

Keywords:

Cinema and theatrical plays, first-generation immigrants, social and cultural participation, subjective well-being, Syrian migrants

Abstract

We aim to examine the participation of Syrian migrants in social and cultural activities in Turkey and compare the frequency of participation with Turkish respondents. The second aim is to study the role and influence of participation in social and cultural activities on subjective well-being (SWB). Syrians who read Turkish books and visit museums and historical sites, those who invite or are invited by Turkish friends, and those who have Turkish friends are more likely to experience high SWB than Turkish respondents do. The findings also emphasize the critical role of socioeconomic factors, such as education, wealth, and income, in sociocultural participation. Thus, this study shows that integration and social inclusion should not be attributed solely to immigrants but should also rely on the efforts of the recipient societies since financial constraints and income disparities can potentially make it more difficult for migrants’ sociocultural participation.

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Author Biographies

Eleftherios Giovanis, Izmir Bakırçay University

Eleftherios Giovanis is an Associate Professor of Economics at Izmir Bakircay University. He studied economics at the University of Thessaly, completed the M.Sc. in Applied Economics and Finance at the University of Macedonia and the M.Sc. in Quality Assurance at the Hellenic Open University in 2009. He completed his PhD in economics at the Royal Holloway University of London. In 2015 I was awarded the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Research Individual Fellowship at the University of Verona and worked as a Senior Lecturer of Economics at the Manchester Metropolitan University from 2018 to 2020. He carried out projects funded by the European Commission, the Economic Research Forum, and the African Economic Research Consortium.

Sacit Hadi Akdede

Sacit Hadi Akdede is a Professor of Economics at Izmir Bakircay University, Turkey. He is currently the Head of the Economics Department. He received his PhD from Vanderbilt University in the USA. His research centres on cultural economics, empirical public economics, and political economy. His research has been published in international journals like the Journal of International Women’s Studies, Bulletin of Economic Research, Economics Letters, Applied Economics Letters, Journal of Cultural Economics, Australian Journal of Political Science, the Social Science Journal, and Empirical Studies of Arts.

Oznur Ozdamar

Oznur Ozdamar is an Associate Professor of Economics and Head of the Department of Econometrics in the Faculty of Economics at Adnan Menderes University. She received her PhD from the IMT Institute for Advanced Studies in Italy. During her Ph.D. degree, she was a Research Fellow at Northwestern University in the USA. She was a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at Bologna University, Department of Economics. Her research interests include the economics of health, environment, labour, gender and the evaluation of the impact of social welfare policies.

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