Migration intentions and their determinants: Comparison of college students in China and Japan

He, Zhongyu; Zhai, Guofang; Asami, Yasushi; Tsuchida, Shoji

doi:10.1177/0117196815621203

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“…Although it should be noted that the migration behaviour of students shows different connotations related to the socio-economic and geographical factors of each country, some determinants are common to most countries. Indeed, the migration flow of students can partially be explained by economic opportunity theory, which leads freshmen to choose universities located in more developed areas that guarantee more job opportunities and higher wages (He et al, 2016;Bover and Arellano, 2002).…”

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Out-migration of university enrolment: the mobility behaviour of Italian students

D’Agostino

Ghellini

Longobardi

2019

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Purpose Student mobility from the south to the north/centre of Italy is an increasingly crucial topic because the most important consequence is the continual depletion of universities situated in the southern regions. Using micro-data from the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR), the purpose of this paper is to investigate how contextual factors affect this mobility. Design/methodology/approach Empirical evidence is provided by developing a multilevel logit model of student decisions to move at university enrolment that allows us to identify the unique effects that student and province characteristics have on out-migration. Multilevel analysis is appropriate because the research questions focus on the role of province characteristics, variables that are measured at the macro level, on student-level outcome (out-migration) while controlling for student-level characteristics, variables that are measured at the micro level. Findings The present paper intends to contribute to the literature by quantifying the way in which contextual factors affect student mobility from the south to the north/centre of Italy. Findings show that province differences remain significant even after controlling for individual characteristics stressing the importance of the geographical dimension for student mobility. These findings have important policy implications for the future of university system in Italy. Originality/value This paper is relevant to the literature concerning this issue because most of the empirical applications are based on spatial models that do not take into account individual characteristics of the students. In addition, the multilevel methodology proposed can be easily generalise to other countries.

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Out-migration of university enrolment: the mobility behaviour of Italian students

D’Agostino

Ghellini

Longobardi

2019

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“…Also, a large proportion of these intentions are focused towards richer EU member states, therefore, the very possible impact on these countries' competitiveness is extremely high and, also, with positive effects on the whole European economy [10,14]. He et al [15] emphasise the impact of retaining foreign high-skilled labour force on recipient country's demography, regional disparities, and economic development. Therefore, macroeconomic stability has an important influence towards these intentions to migrate [16], since young adults record high unemployment rates in many European countries.…”

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Exploring the Influence of Personal Motivations, Beliefs and Attitudes on Students’ Post-Graduation Migration Intentions: Evidence from Three Major Romanian Universities

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Nowadays, when there is much concern about the demographic decline of Europe and the stringent need for public policies that support intelligent, sustainable, and inclusive growth in times of population ageing, this study aims to validate several hypotheses regarding the post-graduation migration intentions of students in economics. To analyse these intentions in the context of Romanian yearly increases of out-migration flows to Western countries, the answers to the questionnaire used for this study were obtained from three important Romanian universities. Using georeferencing, neural networks-based data mining, and two types of regression analysis, the results represent a relevant contribution to the limited body of literature. They empirically show that motivations and attitudes towards a meritocratic environment for professional advancement, and individual freedom are positive key factors for students’ migration intentions after graduation. In addition, the paper emphasises the secondary role of religiosity and intergenerational transfer of parental migration experience. It also finds that, although the income level has some influence on these intentions, its role is far less important than the one emphasised in the specific literature, which leads us to the conclusion that non-economic motivations matter more than the economic ones for the potential decision to migrate after graduation.

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“…Some studies on the mobility of university graduates have appeared also in Asia (e.g. Ma et al, 2017 for South Korea andHe et al, 2016 for China and Japan) and in Australia (e.g. Corcoran et al, 2010).…”

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University graduate migration in Finland

Kotavaara

Rusanen

et al. 2018

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A high level of human capital is considered as an essential precondition for economic performance and regional competitiveness. However, university regions do not always manage to take advantage of the full potential of local higher education, as they are not always able to retain university students after graduation.Previous studies have presented remarkable regional differences concerning the share of graduates who remain in their university region after graduation. Hence, this paper has focused on geographical distribution and inter-regional mobility of university graduates in Finland. Long-term migration behaviour of all university graduates who completed their master's or equivalent degree in 2000-2015 was analysed using geographic information systems (GIS). The main finding of the paper is that university graduates in Finland are rather immobile, as the most active mobility takes places when transitioning from university to their first job. After that, the geographical distribution of the graduates is rather stable, which contradicts the general assumption of high mobility of university-educated people. Further, the migration flows are directed mainly towards the four largest city regions of the country, especially to the capital city region. Cross-migration between city regions with similar population sizes and population growth rate is marginal, and it seems that the difference in the population size and growth between the graduation region and the destination region has to be large enough to exceed the threshold for migration. Retaining university graduates seems to be especially challenging for the smallest and declining university regions.

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Migration intentions and their determinants: Comparison of college students in China and Japan

Cited by 23 publications

References 23 publications

Out-migration of university enrolment: the mobility behaviour of Italian students

Out-migration of university enrolment: the mobility behaviour of Italian students

Exploring the Influence of Personal Motivations, Beliefs and Attitudes on Students’ Post-Graduation Migration Intentions: Evidence from Three Major Romanian Universities

University graduate migration in Finland

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