To go or not to go : emigration from Germany

Arbeitspapier

This study analyzes 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 turns out 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.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 1626

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Social Security and Public Pensions ; Single Equation Models; Single Variables: General ; International Migration
• Subject: emigration ; intention variable ; probit estimation ; German Socio Economic Panel (GSOEP) ; Auswanderung ; Deutsche ; Bildungsniveau ; Schätzung ; Deutschland

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Uebelmesser, Silke
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
• (where): Munich
• (when): 2005

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/19090
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET