Why high school students aspire to emigrate. Evidence from Greece.

Autor/inn/en	Labrianidis, Lois; Sykas, Theodosis
Titel	Why high school students aspire to emigrate. Evidence from Greece. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Warum Gymnasiasten auswandern wollen. Erkenntnisse für Griechenland.
Quelle	In: Journal of international migration and integration, 18 (2017) 1, S. 107-130 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1488-3473; 1874-6365
DOI	10.1007/s12134-015-0468-3
Schlagwörter	Soziale Herkunft; Gymnasium; Schüler; Motivation; Migration; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Wirtschaftskrise; Studienmotivation; Auslandsstudium; Griechenland
Abstract	"This paper investigates why Greek high school students aspire to emigrate, in relation to their educational and socio-economic background. Through fieldwork research conducted at three specialist high schools in Thessaloniki, three main conclusions have been drawn. Firstly, potential emigrants are ambitious, with high educational and professional expectations and a clear migration plan. Secondly, they are middle and upper middle class and excel at school -- in socio-economic and educational terms, they therefore constitute the most dynamic Greek youths. Thirdly, in a period of recession on a European level, the alarming fact is that student emigration can undermine recovery for a country in crisis such as Greece. That is, middle-class shrinkage caused by the recession can be aggravated by emigration, which in turn might cost the loss of developmental human resources for Greece and a deepening of the recession. This can further stimulate migration, resulting in a vicious circle between crisis and emigration. Furthermore, if potential emigrants do not return because temporary emigration for studies becomes permanent migration for work, the economic crisis is worsened, and Greece's prospects for development are further undermined." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2017/3