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Determinants of immigration intentions: a special focus on international students

Toroyan, Ani LU (2019) EKHS32 20191
Department of Economic History
Abstract (Swedish)
The intensifying global race for talent increases the need of efficient policies and tools aimed at attracting and retaining highly-skilled individuals from around the world. For this purpose, a large strand of literature started examining the determinants of skilled immigration. However, little attention has been paid to the case of international students, which represent a special sub-group of highly-skilled immigrants with their own motivations for immigration. This thesis aimed at studying the factors influencing students’ choice of location after their graduation, by focusing on the case of Sweden as a destination country. The analysis is conducted by using a probit regression model based on the alumni survey of the Swedish Institute... (More)
The intensifying global race for talent increases the need of efficient policies and tools aimed at attracting and retaining highly-skilled individuals from around the world. For this purpose, a large strand of literature started examining the determinants of skilled immigration. However, little attention has been paid to the case of international students, which represent a special sub-group of highly-skilled immigrants with their own motivations for immigration. This thesis aimed at studying the factors influencing students’ choice of location after their graduation, by focusing on the case of Sweden as a destination country. The analysis is conducted by using a probit regression model based on the alumni survey of the Swedish Institute scholarship programmes. According to the results, the economic factors, namely income and inequality levels in the source country do not have any significant effect, whereas social factors in the source country have negative impact on the probability that the students will stay in Sweden after graduation. The results further suggest that the links between the source country and Sweden proxied by the immigrant community size and trade level also have an effect on the probability of students’ stay in Sweden. (Less)
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author
Toroyan, Ani LU
supervisor
organization
course
EKHS32 20191
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
International students, high-skilled immigration, immigration determinants
language
English
id
8988993
date added to LUP
2019-07-11 08:33:48
date last changed
2019-07-11 08:33:48
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  abstract     = {{The intensifying global race for talent increases the need of efficient policies and tools aimed at attracting and retaining highly-skilled individuals from around the world. For this purpose, a large strand of literature started examining the determinants of skilled immigration. However, little attention has been paid to the case of international students, which represent a special sub-group of highly-skilled immigrants with their own motivations for immigration. This thesis aimed at studying the factors influencing students’ choice of location after their graduation, by focusing on the case of Sweden as a destination country. The analysis is conducted by using a probit regression model based on the alumni survey of the Swedish Institute scholarship programmes. According to the results, the economic factors, namely income and inequality levels in the source country do not have any significant effect, whereas social factors in the source country have negative impact on the probability that the students will stay in Sweden after graduation. The results further suggest that the links between the source country and Sweden proxied by the immigrant community size and trade level also have an effect on the probability of students’ stay in Sweden.}},
  author       = {{Toroyan, Ani}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Determinants of immigration intentions: a special focus on international students}},
  year         = {{2019}},
}