Who’s About to Leave? A Global Survey of Aspirations and Intentions to Migrate

Migali, Silvia; Scipioni, Marco

doi:10.1111/imig.12617

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“…Growing numbers of people are on the move worldwide (IOM, 2019), while many more, especially youth, would like to migrate or are already planning to do so in the near future (Migali and Scipioni, 2019;Burrone et al, 2018). Hence, understanding why they decide to migrate need to be a major goal for researchers and policymakers.…”

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“…Regardless of the data used, the country sample, or the time-period covered, one of the most common results emerging from the literature is that, keeping everything else constant, young(er) people consistently show stronger migration intention than the rest of population (Burrone et al, 2018;Migali and Scipioni, 2019). Against this background, the study of the determinants of potential migration among youth has sparked increasing research interest over the past decade (Belmonte and McMahon, 2019;Williams et al, 2018).…”

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What Drives Youth’s Intention to Migrate Abroad? Evidence from International Survey Data

Milasi

2020

IZA Journal of Development and Migration

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Despite the bulk of international migrants being youth, little is known about the factors driving young people’s migration behavior at the global level. Using the individual-level survey data from Gallup World Poll across 139 countries over the period 2010–2016, this study contributes to the literature by exploring a wide range of factors potentially shaping young people’s (aged 15–34) desire, and a more concrete plan, to migrate abroad permanently. Results show that factors, such as holding post-secondary education, being unemployed, and working part-time involuntary, are increasing the desire of youth to migrate abroad as well as the probability that they turn this aspiration into a more concrete plan over the following year. Similarly, having negative expectations about the economic outlook, the number of available job opportunities, and the prospects for upward career mobility are found to increase the propensity to migrate abroad, both among unemployed and employed youth. Results also show that material deprivation may represent a significant push factor behind youth migration, although budgetary constraints may prevent youth from transforming their migration desires into actual plans in low-income countries. Moreover, findings suggest that contextual factors, such as discontent with local amenities and national governments, increase the desire of youth to migrate abroad, but they have little or no influence on the probability that these dreams are turned into more concrete plans. Finally, this study shows that while youth’s and adults’ migration propensities are often driven by the same motives, the influence of education and labor market-related factors on migration intentions is considerably stronger among youth than adults.

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What Drives Youth’s Intention to Migrate Abroad? Evidence from International Survey Data

Milasi

2020

IZA Journal of Development and Migration

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“…Geographic dyadic variables provide a more nuanced perspective by considering other variables such as distance between the place of origin of potential migrants and their desired destination and the existence of networks at destination for high and low educated individuals (Dao et al, 2018 ). Income appears to be a significant determinant of the aspirations to migrate of only low educated individuals while age is a consistent factor for individuals aged 15–19, across all groups of countries (Migali & Scipioni, 2019 ). Youth with strong networks in the receiving country and relatives who send remittances tend to have higher intentions to migrate (Bertoli & Ruyssen, 2018 ).…”

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Migration Intentions and Alcohol Use Among Adolescents in West-Central Mexico

Marsiglia

Han

et al. 2021

Child Adolesc Soc Work J

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This study explores the association between migration intentions and alcohol use among west-central Mexico adolescents living in high migration communities. This study used the baseline data from the Family Migration and Early Life Outcomes (FAMELO) project (N = 1286), collected in 2018. We used multiple imputations to address missingness and propensity score matching to reduce the selection bias. We also conducted subgroup analyses to compare gender difference (i.e., boys vs. girls) on the relationship between migration intention and alcohol use. The findings show that for the whole sample, youth with migration intentions had significant higher odds (OR = 1.78; p = .010) of having a lifetime drinking experience when compared to youth who reported no interest in living abroad, but this association remained significant only for boys (OR = 2.14; p = .010). This study makes an important contribution to our understanding of the etiology of migration intentions and alcohol use for adolescents living in sending migration communities. The findings have specific alcohol prevention, policy, and future research implications in Mexico and the U.S.

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“…In addition, migration is considered the complex result of an interplay between individual aspirations and contextual opportunities. Recent evidence suggests that aspirations are an important prerequisite for migration, but they are also reframed as a consequence of migration ( Czaika and Vothknecht 2014 ; de Haas et al 2019 ; Migali and Scipioni 2019 ). In many cases, migrants have much higher aspirations than non-migrants prior to migration, but also aspirations which are built up as a result of their migration experiences themselves (see also Creighton 2013 ; Carling and Collins 2018 ).…”

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Migrant and Refugee Impact on Well-Being in Rural Areas: Reframing Rural Development Challenges in Greece

Παπαδόπουλος

Fratsea

2021

Front. Sociol.

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The paper aims to exemplify and discuss the changing conditions and challenges posed by the newly arriving populations of migrants and refugees in rural Greece, along with local people’s views on the impact of the new arrivals in their rural places. Its main objective is to understand whether migrants and refugees create threats or opportunities for the local population, and whether movers and non-movers have a shared understanding of well-being in their rural areas. The analysis unveils the connections that are emerging between migrants and refugees and the economy, society and culture in rural receiving areas. Thus, the paper aims at showing the complexity of rural migrant flows and how the interactions between migrants, refugees and locals in the light of the well-being of rural areas may inform rural development in Greece. The paper is structured into five main sections following the introduction. The first section contains a discussion of the main concepts used as building blocks for creating a theoretical framing of well-being in rural areas. The second section develops a brief discussion of international and internal migration to rural areas in Greece, as well as providing some contextual information on the impact of the economic crisis and new developments in response to the recession. The third section includes a short presentation of the methodological approach and a description of the case study area. The fourth section is dedicated to an analysis of the narratives of international migrants, refugees, internal migrants, locals and stakeholders. Finally, the concluding section critically discusses the conceptualisations of rurality and well-being between the various population groups and articulates the challenges connected to well-being and mobilities in contemporary rural Greece.

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Who’s About to Leave? A Global Survey of Aspirations and Intentions to Migrate

Cited by 52 publications

References 36 publications

What Drives Youth’s Intention to Migrate Abroad? Evidence from International Survey Data

What Drives Youth’s Intention to Migrate Abroad? Evidence from International Survey Data

Migration Intentions and Alcohol Use Among Adolescents in West-Central Mexico

Migrant and Refugee Impact on Well-Being in Rural Areas: Reframing Rural Development Challenges in Greece

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