Erasmus participants and the influence on their long term emigration
Agenda
1. Introduction
2. Research Purpose & Objectives
3. Sample frame data and our sample
4. Research Assumptions
5. Analysis
6. Findings
1
Research Purpose & Objectives
Research
- what is the relationship between Erasmus participation and willingness to emigrate among students of different universities?
- controlling for gender, level of education, political opinions, religiosity and tolerance
- taking into consideration political, economical factors & home situation, openness to other cultures and comparing them with the willingness to emigrate
Age
Survey & Sample data
Gender
2
Assumptions
- The worse the political situation in a country, the more people want to emigrate
- The more religious people are - the less desire they have to emigrate
- The more attached people are to their home country, the less willing they are to emigrate
- The better the image about the Erasmus exchange , the higher the likelihood of emigrating
- The worse the economical situation in a country, the more people want to emigrate
Analysis of the Research &
Key Findings
3
Education level and
Willingness
Age and
Willingness
Gender and Willingness to emigrate
Correlation
Willingness and Each Factor
Politics
Openness
Religion
0.13
0.37
0.32
Economics
Attached
Image
0.15
0.52
0.17
Means for all the factors
T test: Comparing means before and after exchange
T-test
Image: -0,500965
Religiosity: -0,33873
Attachment: -0,18539
Openness: -0,585998
Economics: 0,708749
Politic: 2,10879915
Recommendations
4
- enlarge the sample size
- focus on specific demographics
- consider more factors of emigration
- new client (university, government, organizations)
Thank you! Questions?
5
Paulina Godlewska
Daria Artamonova
Marisa Varela
Nina Hamaguchi
Statements measured by strongly disagree to strongly agree :
-government is acting behalf of its citizens, its just, creates good image
-religiosity is important, should be though in schools
-tolerance and openness to other cultures: discrimination, diversification, "open door", refugees
-economical/job perspective: affordable, secure and stable job, conditions, financial situation
-attachment to family and community: local events, attachment, proudness
-Erasmus program: learning about new cultures and traditions, new languages, international students, personal development
-willingness to emigrate
-family migration history
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