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Life (dis)satisfaction and the decision to migrate: Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe
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This paper provides empirical evidence of the impact of life satisfaction on the individual intention to migrate. The impacts of individual characteristics and of country
macroeconomic variables on the intention to migrate are analyzed jointly. 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 European (CEE) and Western European (non-CEE) countries, we
find that people have a higher intention to migrate when dissatisfied with life. The
socio-economic variables and macroeconomic conditions have an effect on the intention
to migrate indirectly through life satisfaction. The impact of life satisfaction on the
intention to migrate for middle-aged individuals with past experience of migration, low
level of education, and with a low or average income from urban areas is higher in CEE
countries than in non-CEE countries.
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Life satisfaction Migration Decision making