Happiness and the emigration decision

Ivļevs, Artjoms

doi:10.15185/izawol.96

Cited by 17 publications

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“…Besides dissatisfaction with local‐ and country‐related circumstances, the literature has also noticed a negative correlation between happiness and life‐satisfaction on the one hand, and wish to migrate on the other, even though the causal relationships have not been fully teased out yet (for a review of the relationship between well‐being and aspirations to migrate, see Ivlevs, ; Cai et al, ). Analysing the Latinobarometro, Graham and Markowitz (, pp.…”

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confidence: 99%

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

Migali¹,

Scipioni²

2019

International Migration

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This article analyses aspirations and intentions to migrate based on Gallup World Poll for the period 2010–2015. We estimate individual‐level traits associated with aspirations and intentions to migrate across groups of countries in different regions and with different income levels. This paper brings together previous hypotheses regarding migration aspirations and tests them under several specifications, while keeping separate findings according to migration aspirations and intentions to appreciate differences between them. Being dissatisfied with one’s own standard of living is associated with a higher probability of desiring to move, while the relation with the actual preparation to migrate is less clear. Some individual traits remain significant across (almost) all specifications: being male, foreign‐born, highly educated, and having networks abroad are associated with higher probability of preparing for international migration. Aspects related to one’s economic situation are not consistently significant across specifications, signalling the importance of contextual analyses for these factors.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

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

Migali¹,

Scipioni²

2019

International Migration

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“…For example, Cai et al (2014) suggested the methodology of evaluating the relationship between subjective wellbeing and desire to migrate to another country based on the Gallup World Poll. Ivlevs (2014) stated that the relationship between happiness and desire to migrate is essential. It is argued that the lowest level of desire to migrate is detected for persons with average happiness rates, while the desire to migrate grows for low and high happiness rates.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Remembering that migration aspirations constitute an interdisciplinary evaluating category, it is worth emphasizing that in economic studies, the way they are influenced by the conditions of the human development environment with consideration of subjective evaluations was considered. Clark et al (2011;2014) described the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD), which was tested in practice by the migration policy of Great Britain and is among complex indicators for evaluating such an impact. The following parameters are evaluated when calculating the deprivation level based on sample surveys of households: lack of means of subsistence -income deprivation; lack of access to a decent job -employment deprivation; low level of education and qualification -education, skills, and training deprivation; poor health and nutrition -health deprivation; dissatisfaction with environmental conditions -environmental deprivation; high crime rates -security deprivation; barriers to obtaining housing and necessary services -comfort deprivation.…”

Section: Literature Review and Hypothesismentioning

confidence: 99%

Migration aspirations of territory population: A case study of Ukraine

Voznyak

Mulska

Bil

2021

Problems and Perspectives in Management

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The level of positive migration aspirations of the population is determined by the unfavorable socio-economic environment and ineffective management of territory development, in particular the level of deprivation, including labor, security and living conditions. The paper aims to assess the impact of different components of deprivation on the spread of migration aspirations and create the landscape of a territory migration capacity. The methodological tool of the study is a sociological survey (a case study of Lviv Oblast, Ukraine) using a questionnaire (self-administration), which covered more than 500 people. Processing of results is carried out using SPSS software. The results of the sociological survey across migration vectors show the cause-effect relation between positive external aspirations and deprivation components. According to the assessment, the EU countries vector (72.0%) has the highest level of positive migration aspirations by income deprivation, and domestic migration vector – the lowest level (41.0%). The highest deprivation levels among socio-economic, environmental, and medical-demographical conditions for ineffective management of Lviv Oblast was detected for educational services with the level of 3.6 out of 5 possible, moderate level – for living and environmental conditions (2.9 each), and the lowest one for medical services (2.7). The spread of deprivation components at the territory according to the level of positive migration aspirations analysis shown that the highest deprivation levels in Lviv Oblast are peculiar to components such as the quality of medical services (43.4%), income (36.5%), and living conditions (35.1%). This study is of practical value for forming landscape of territory migration capacity including weighed migration aspirations and socio-economic deprivation levels. AcknowledgmentsThe study has been conducted within the framework of Applied Research “Financial determinants of the provision of economic growth in the regions and territorial communities based on behavioral economy” with the support of the National Research Foundation of Ukraine (M. Dolishniy Institute of Regional Research of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the grant Reg. No. 2020.02/0215, 2020-2022).

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“…Considering the increasing role of subjective wellbeing as a key variable to measure individual welfare and societal progress by governments (Diener et al 2009), policy changes affecting happiness in a sending country will affect emigration decisions if there is a strong relationship and migration flow (Ivlevs, 2015). On the other hand, happy people are more creative and sociable as well as healthier and productive (Ivlevs, 2014). Hence, migrant-receiving countries are interested in accepting "happy" ones who will "put less pressure on the welfare state and integrate more successfully into the host society" while sending country policymakers should be "concerned about the outflow of happy people, as this may deprive them of the many positive externalities that happiness is associated with" (Ivlevs, 2015, p.336).…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%