Potential migration and subjective well-being in Europe

Artikel

By examining the preferences over migration destinations of those revealing a desire to permanently leave their country, this paper provides new evidence on the relevance of subjective measures for cross country comparisons. While hard statistics such as GDP per capita and unemployment rates are commonly used to measure a country's success, this analysis reveals that people's preferences over alternative migration destinations are better explained by average levels of life satisfaction in the destination country. Aggregated measures of subjective well-being are, therefore, useful for international comparisons as they better reflect what makes some countries more attractive than others.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: IZA Journal of Migration ; ISSN: 2193-9039 ; Volume: 3 ; Year: 2014 ; Pages: 1-18 ; Heidelberg: Springer

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; International Migration ; Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: General
• Subject: Subjective well-being ; Intention to migrate ; Migration destinations ; Europe

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Lovo, Stefania
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Springer
• (where): Heidelberg
• (when): 2014

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.1186/s40176-014-0024-5
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/149423
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET