The microeconomic determinants of emigration and return migration of the best and brightest. Evidence from the pacific.

Autor/inn/en	Gibson, John; McKenzie, David
Institution	Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (London)
Titel	The microeconomic determinants of emigration and return migration of the best and brightest. Evidence from the pacific. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Mikroökonomische Determinanten der Aus- und Rückwanderung der Besten und Fähigsten. Erkenntnisse aus pazifischen Ländern.
Quelle	London (2009), 53 S.; 266 KB PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	CReAM discussion paper. 03/09
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie; Graue Literatur
Schlagwörter	Kultur; Mobilitätsbereitschaft; Sozialer Faktor; Motivation; Regionale Mobilität; Determinante; Remigration; Ökonomische Determinanten; Brain Drain; Internationaler Vergleich; Arbeitspapier; Hochschulabsolvent; Hoch Qualifizierter; Neuseeland; Ozeanien; Papua-Neuguinea; Tonga
Abstract	"A unique survey which tracks worldwide the best and brightest academic performers from three Pacific countries is used to assess the extent of emigration and return migration among the very highly skilled, and to analyze, at the microeconomic level, the determinants of these migration choices. Although we estimate that the income gains from migration are very large, not everyone migrates and many return. Within this group of highly skilled individuals the emigration decision is found to be most strongly associated with preference variables such as risk aversion, patience, and choice of subjects in secondary school, and not strongly linked to either liquidity constraints or to the gain in income to be had from migrating. Likewise, the decision to return is strongly linked to family and lifestyle reasons, rather than to the income opportunities in different countries. Overall the data show a relatively limited role for income maximization in distinguishing migration propensities among the very highly skilled, and a need to pay more attention to other components of the utility maximization decision." Die Untersuchung enthält quantitative Daten. Forschungsmethode: empirisch-quantitativ; empirisch; Querschnitt; Längsschnitt. Die Untersuchung bezieht sich auf den Zeitraum 1996 bis 2004. (author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2009/3