The role of the origin country in migration aspirations: a cross‐national comparison of Master students in Portugal and the Netherlands

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Autor(a) principal: Jong, Petra Wieke
Data de Publicação: 2020
Outros Autores: Fonseca, Maria Lucinda
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/45990
Resumo: With this comparative study, we aim for a better understanding of the role of the origin country in shaping migration aspirations. Using experimental data collected among a sample of Master students in Portugal and the Netherlands, we tested whether the impact of labour market and welfare state-related factors on migration aspirations varied between these two origin countries. In line with our expectation, potential gains of migration in terms of job opportunities and wages had a stronger positive impact on migration aspirations for the Portuguese as compared with the Dutch respondents. For Portugal and the Netherlands alike, migration aspirations were lower when the level of unemployment benefits in the destination country was lower than in the origin country. Our findings indicated that conditions in the origin country, as well as the individual's life stage, shape which characteristics of the destination country are most important for migration aspirations.
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spelling The role of the origin country in migration aspirations: a cross‐national comparison of Master students in Portugal and the NetherlandsAspirationsExperimental designMigrationOrigin countryPortugalNetherlandsWith this comparative study, we aim for a better understanding of the role of the origin country in shaping migration aspirations. Using experimental data collected among a sample of Master students in Portugal and the Netherlands, we tested whether the impact of labour market and welfare state-related factors on migration aspirations varied between these two origin countries. In line with our expectation, potential gains of migration in terms of job opportunities and wages had a stronger positive impact on migration aspirations for the Portuguese as compared with the Dutch respondents. For Portugal and the Netherlands alike, migration aspirations were lower when the level of unemployment benefits in the destination country was lower than in the origin country. Our findings indicated that conditions in the origin country, as well as the individual's life stage, shape which characteristics of the destination country are most important for migration aspirations.WileyRepositório da Universidade de LisboaJong, Petra WiekeFonseca, Maria Lucinda2021-01-29T11:02:09Z20202020-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/45990engJong, P. W., Fonseca, M. L. (2020). The role of the origin country in migration aspirations: a cross-national comparison of Master students in Portugal and the Netherlands. Population, Space and Place, 26 (5), e 2325.https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.23251544-844410.1002/psp.2325info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-14T15:33:29ZPortal AgregadorONG
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The role of the origin country in migration aspirations: a cross‐national comparison of Master students in Portugal and the Netherlands
title The role of the origin country in migration aspirations: a cross‐national comparison of Master students in Portugal and the Netherlands
spellingShingle The role of the origin country in migration aspirations: a cross‐national comparison of Master students in Portugal and the Netherlands
Jong, Petra Wieke
Aspirations
Experimental design
Migration
Origin country
Portugal
Netherlands
title_short The role of the origin country in migration aspirations: a cross‐national comparison of Master students in Portugal and the Netherlands
title_full The role of the origin country in migration aspirations: a cross‐national comparison of Master students in Portugal and the Netherlands
title_fullStr The role of the origin country in migration aspirations: a cross‐national comparison of Master students in Portugal and the Netherlands
title_full_unstemmed The role of the origin country in migration aspirations: a cross‐national comparison of Master students in Portugal and the Netherlands
title_sort The role of the origin country in migration aspirations: a cross‐national comparison of Master students in Portugal and the Netherlands
author Jong, Petra Wieke
author_facet Jong, Petra Wieke
Fonseca, Maria Lucinda
author_role author
author2 Fonseca, Maria Lucinda
author2_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Jong, Petra Wieke
Fonseca, Maria Lucinda
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Aspirations
Experimental design
Migration
Origin country
Portugal
Netherlands
topic Aspirations
Experimental design
Migration
Origin country
Portugal
Netherlands
description With this comparative study, we aim for a better understanding of the role of the origin country in shaping migration aspirations. Using experimental data collected among a sample of Master students in Portugal and the Netherlands, we tested whether the impact of labour market and welfare state-related factors on migration aspirations varied between these two origin countries. In line with our expectation, potential gains of migration in terms of job opportunities and wages had a stronger positive impact on migration aspirations for the Portuguese as compared with the Dutch respondents. For Portugal and the Netherlands alike, migration aspirations were lower when the level of unemployment benefits in the destination country was lower than in the origin country. Our findings indicated that conditions in the origin country, as well as the individual's life stage, shape which characteristics of the destination country are most important for migration aspirations.
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