Current Trend and Determinants of Intentions to Migrate: Evidence From China

Kashif Iqbal, Yichu Wang, Khurshaid Khurshaid, Muhammad Haroon Shah and Muhammad Sohaib

SAGE Open, 2021, vol. 11, issue 1, 21582440211001371

Abstract: The increasing pace of globalization and competition for highly skilled professionals have accelerated the international mobility across national boundaries for knowledge exchange and economic reasons. The purpose of this study was to examine the current trend and determinants of migration intentions in China. For this purpose, we carried out a survey in China from 2021 respondents by using a probability sampling technique. For empirical estimation, we employed the logistic regression estimation technique to compute and evaluate the data. In the findings of this study, several push-and-pull factors have been identified for both inflow and outflow of skilled human capital in China. The findings of this study derived that high wages outside China and low wages within China are considered as the top reasons to leave China. In addition, more opportunities and a better lifestyle in the host countries are the key factors to push skilled human capital from China. The results also indicate that better education in the host countries has a positive correlation with migration intentions in China. Therefore, it can be argued that education, wages, more opportunities and better lifestyle are the significant push factors that determine why highly educated people emigrate from China.

Keywords: brain drain; China; logistic regression; random utility theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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