The following paper wants to investigate reasons, factors and influences of the migration movement towards Israel around 1930. Additionally, it wants to take a look left and right. Regarding alternative destinations in the Mediterranean the question arouses whether they were totally unfitting as migration destination or just not present in respective information sources of that time.
In the first step, the author will discuss DaVanzas location-specific theory and her model of information cost, which delivers a categorized evaluation of destination selection and considers the impact of information and information availability in migration decision processes. Before combining German Jewish decisions with these theories, German Jewry of the 1930s will be elucidated in a quantitative manner. Especially demographic and economic figures will be used to get a notion of Jewish life around 1930 in Germany.
After that, I will mingle the theory of location-specific capital and figures together with the migration specific information delivered by the "Korrespondenzblatt über Auswanderungs- und Siedlungswesen”. This will not only sharpen the view on requirements and living conditions of different possible destinations in the Mediterranean besides Palestine, it will also function as a study, simulating Jewish decision-making on the basis of the KAS. The picture will then be completed by the question of which and how other emigration specific information in Jewish periodicals contributed to destination selection and what role politics, especially the British Empire, played in these processes.
Inhaltsverzeichnis (Table of Contents)
- I. Introduction
- II. Main Part
- 1. Destination selection – place utility, location-specific capital and information cost
- Location-specific capital and information cost
- 2. Jews in Germany around 1930 - quantitative approach
- 2.1 Economical distribution
- 2.2 Age distribution, sex ratio, martial rate
- 3. The \"Korrespondenzblatt über Auswanderungs- und Siedlungswesen“
- 4. Location specific capital of Palestine compared to Tunisia, Egypt and Algeria
- 4.1 Demand of Jewish goods
- 4.2 Steady customers
- 4.3 Wholesalers
- 4.4 Language
- 4.5 Urbanization
- 4.6 Other professions
- 4.7 Personal ties
- 4.8 Intermediate result
- 5. Information cost
- 6. Jewish migration and Zionism - international view
- 1. Destination selection – place utility, location-specific capital and information cost
- III. Conclusion
Zielsetzung und Themenschwerpunkte (Objectives and Key Themes)
This paper aims to investigate the reasons, factors, and influences of the Jewish migration movement towards Israel around 1930, examining potential alternative destinations in the Mediterranean and analyzing why they were not as appealing or were not as well-represented in information sources of that time.
- Analyzing the factors influencing destination selection, including location-specific capital and information cost.
- Evaluating the role of Jewish periodicals in shaping migration decision-making processes.
- Comparing the location-specific capital of Palestine to alternative destinations like Tunisia, Egypt, and Algeria.
- Assessing the impact of international Zionism and the British Empire on Jewish migration patterns.
- Exploring the quantitative approach to understanding Jewish life in Germany around 1930.
Zusammenfassung der Kapitel (Chapter Summaries)
The introduction lays out the research question and provides background information about the ongoing conflict between Arabs and Jews, highlighting the importance of understanding the reasons behind the Jewish migration towards Israel in the 1930s. It introduces Da Vanzo's theory of location-specific capital and information cost, which will be used to analyze migration decision-making processes.
The main part delves deeper into the theory of location-specific capital and information cost, explaining how they apply to destination selection. It then examines the situation of Jewish life in Germany around 1930 through quantitative data, focusing on demographics and economic distribution. The chapter moves on to explore the "Korrespondenzblatt über Auswanderungs- und Siedlungswesen" (KAS) and its role in providing information about potential destinations. It compares the location-specific capital of Palestine to that of Tunisia, Egypt, and Algeria, analyzing various factors like demand for Jewish goods, language, urbanization, and personal ties.
Schlüsselwörter (Keywords)
The core keywords and topics of this work are Jewish migration, destination selection, location-specific capital, information cost, Jewish periodicals, Palestine, North Africa, 1930s, German Jewry, quantitative approach, "Korrespondenzblatt über Auswanderungs- und Siedlungswesen" (KAS), Zionism, British Empire, and migration decision-making.
- Quote paper
- Patrick Frehner (Author), 2021, Palestine as Favourite Jewish Migration Destinantion in the Mediterranean. Periodicals as Key Factors in Migration Decision Making?, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/1118909
