Are you mobile, too? The role played by social networks in the intention to move abroad among youth in Europe

Herz, Andreas; Díaz-Chorne, Laura; Díaz-Catalán, Celia; Altissimo, Alice; Samuk, Şahizer

doi:10.33182/ml.v16i1.622

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“…• Research objective 1 (RO 1 ): To identify the motivations behind the intention of Romanian engineering students to migrate, as seen by the polled students. Based on the findings of the consulted literature on the migration of high skilled youth [28][29][30]37] and on the comments published in popular media, we have formulated the following research hypotheses: Hypothesis 1 (H1). Economic factors (wages) are the main motive for migration for Romanian engineering students, in comparison to other motives (social, family, cultural).…”

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Migration Intentions of Romanian Engineering Students

2020

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This paper aims to diagnose Romanian engineering students in relation to their migration intentions, motivations, and destinations, and to predict the magnitude of migration in the polled population. It presents the results of a quantitative study based on a questionnaire survey consistent in terms of number and structure of variables and responses. The online questionnaire was self-administered by 1782 students from the five major technical Romanian universities, which are the main providers of the highly skilled labor force in the area of engineering. Regression analysis was carried out to correlate the drivers of migration and the potential for real migration. According to the results, Romanian students from technical universities are inclined to migrate in a significant proportion; the economic factor being the main migration driver. The predictive model built on the logistical regression and the collected data accounts only partially for the variations of the variable decision to migrate, so further research is needed. The analysis of the students’ mindset can prove useful to understand the future interactions between the new graduates and the labor market, to develop regional and national policies regarding human capital, and to root development plans towards sustainable economic growth in solid databases concerning the engineering profession.

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Migration Intentions of Romanian Engineering Students

2020

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“…A free-listing technique was used to delineate the respondents' significant personal relationships (see above). This technique has been used in several surveys devoted to core networks (Marsden, 1987), migrant networks (Herz, 2015;Herz et al, 2019;Lubbers, 2011), and family interdependencies through the Family Network Method (FNM) developed by one of the author's previous works (Author, 1999;2000). Respondents were asked to provide a list of persons who were very important to them during the past year, even if the respondent did not get along with them.…”

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Understanding the reconstruction of personal networks through residential migration trajectories

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Migrat. Lett.

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This article examines how residential trajectories influence the spatiality and composition of personal networks. Three mechanisms are considered: the addition of spatially close network members, the selection of spatially distant network members, and the substitution of spatially distant network members by spatially close ones. An ego-centred network analysis combined with sequence analysis of residential experiences is used to capture the personal networks and the residential trajectories of individuals from two birth cohorts in Switzerland. A series of regression models tests the association between the types of personal networks that individuals develop, in terms of both spatial dispersion and composition, and their residential trajectories. The results show that individuals who moved far away from their place of birth are embedded in large and diversified personal networks, which include spatially distant relatives, local nuclear family members, and local friends. On average, individuals who experienced residential migration have larger and more diverse personal networks than individuals who stayed close to their place of birth. The addition mechanism accounts for much of this greater diversity.

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“…All these contributions ensure that we investigate modes of agency (Schlimbach et al 2019), the micro perspectives on youth mobility (Kmiotek-Meier et al 2019;Hemming et al 2019;Dabasi-Halász et al 2019), household perspective (Bastianon 2019), effects of social networks on thoughts of moving (Herz et al 2019) and the transnational aspect of mobility as delineated by Diaz-Chorne et al (2019). Emphasising the layers of intersection between different levels of inequality, the authors in this special issue discuss the fact that inequalities cannot be explained by viewing through just one theoretical lens, e.g.…”

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Introduction to Special Issue on Inequalities and Youth Mobilities in Europe from Comparative Perspectives

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Where does youth mobility stand in the complex picture of diverse types of inequalities that affect youth and the content of their mobilities? In the light of this question, with this special issue, we look at the hindering and fostering factors in the mobility of young people, and examine different facets of mobility (social networks, transnational activities, agency, gender, household decisions) in different types of mobility (considering mobility for volunteering, vocational education and training, higher education including both credit and degree mobility, and employment). The analysis presented in the papers of this special issue will enable the identification of inequalities accompanying youth mobility at different levels. The articles in this issue reveal that when it comes to possibilities for becoming mobile, many other types of inequalities apart from the solely economic ones must be considered (Oxfam, 2016, p. 7; Hargittai and Hinnant 2008), including legal, political, social, moral inequalities (White, 2007) together with gender inequality. This special issue on “Inequalities and Youth Mobilities in Europe from Comparative Perspectives” serves the purpose of revealing how diverse types of inequalities can exist within seemingly equal societies.

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Are you mobile, too? The role played by social networks in the intention to move abroad among youth in Europe

Cited by 15 publications

References 30 publications

Migration Intentions of Romanian Engineering Students

Migration Intentions of Romanian Engineering Students

Understanding the reconstruction of personal networks through residential migration trajectories

Introduction to Special Issue on Inequalities and Youth Mobilities in Europe from Comparative Perspectives

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