Original title: Life (dis)satisfaction and decision to migrate: evidence from Central and Eastern Europe
Authors: Otrachshenko, V. ; Popova, Olga
Document type: Research reports
Year: 2011
Language: eng
Series: Working Papers, volume: 306
Abstract: This paper provides the first evidence regarding the impact of life satisfaction on the individual intention to migrate. The impact of individual characteristics and country macroeconomic variables on the decision to migrate is analyzed in one framework. Differently from other studies, we allow for life satisfaction to serve as a mediator between macroeconomic variables and the intention to migrate. Using the Eurobarometer survey for 27 Central Eastern (CEE) and Western European (non-CEE) countries, we test the predictions of our theoretical model and find that people dissatisfied with life have higher intention to migrate.
Keywords: decision making; life satisfaction; migration
Project no.: CEZ:AV0Z70850503 (CEP)

Institution: Economics Institute AS ČR (web)
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External URL: http://www.oei-dokumente.de/publikationen/wp/wp-306.pdf
Original record: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0185442

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