Measuring International Migration in Azerbaijan

Serhat Yüksel, Shahriyar Mukhtarov (), Ceyhun Mahmudlu, Jeyhun I. Mikayilov and Anar Iskandarov
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Serhat Yüksel: School of Business, İstanbul Medipol University, Kavacık Mah. Ekinciler Cad. No. 19 Kavacık Kavşağı—Beykoz, İstanbul 34810, Turkey
Ceyhun Mahmudlu: Department of International Relations, Baku Engineering University, Hasan Aliyev 120, Khirdalan AZ0101, Azerbaijan
Jeyhun I. Mikayilov: King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center, P.O. Box 88550, Riyadh 11672, Saudi Arabia
Anar Iskandarov: Department of International Relations, Baku Engineering University, Hasan Aliyev 120, Khirdalan AZ0101, Azerbaijan

Sustainability, 2018, vol. 10, issue 1, 1-15

Abstract: International migration significantly affects economic, social, cultural, and political factors of the country. Owing to this situation, it can be said that the reasons of international migration should be analyzed in order to control this problem. The purpose of this study is to determine the influencing factors of international migration in Azerbaijan. In this scope, annual data of 11 explanatory variables for the period of 1995–2015 was analyzed via Multivariate Adaptive Regression Splines (MARS) method. According to the results of this analysis, it was identified that people prefer to move other countries in case of high unemployment rates. In addition, the results of the study show that population growth and high mortality rate increases the migration level. While considering these results, it was recommended that Azerbaijan should focus on these aspects to control international migration problem.

Keywords: migration; international migration; determinants of migration; MARS method; Azerbaijan (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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