To Go or Not to Go: Emigration from Germany

Silke Uebelmesser

German Economic Review, 2006, vol. 7, issue 2, 211-231

Abstract: This study analyses the qualitative aspects of emigration from Germany, taking account of economic and non-economic reasons. The reported willingness to emigrate from Germany in the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) is explained for men and women by three groups of variables: individual characteristics, household characteristics and regional characteristics. It transpires that the educational background and West German residency positively affect the willingness to emigrate, whereas German nationality, age and the family situation are mostly negatively correlated with it.

Keywords: Emigration; intention variable; probit estimation; German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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