TY - JOUR
T1 - Explaining emigration intentions and behaviour in the Netherlands, 2005-10
AU - van Dalen, H.P.
AU - Henkens, K.
N1 - Reporting year: 2013
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - We examined the emigration intentions of native-born Dutch residents and their subsequent emigration behaviour from 2005 to 2010. Data were collected from two surveys on emigration intentions, one conducted locally and one nationally. A number of novel results stand out. First, intentions were good predictors of future emigration: 34 per cent of those who had stated an intention to emigrate actually emigrated within the 5-year follow-up period. Second, the personality of potential migrants and their discontent with the quality of the public domain in the Netherlands (e.g., crowded space and inadequate access to unspoilt nature, pollution, crime level, mentality of people) were the strongest contributors to the motivation to move abroad. Third, the main difference between movers and those who stated intentions to emigrate but had not (yet) followed through was their state of health: healthy people were more likely to follow through with their migration intentions than those in poorer health.
Keywords: emigration; intentions; behaviour; personality; brain drain; Netherlands
AB - We examined the emigration intentions of native-born Dutch residents and their subsequent emigration behaviour from 2005 to 2010. Data were collected from two surveys on emigration intentions, one conducted locally and one nationally. A number of novel results stand out. First, intentions were good predictors of future emigration: 34 per cent of those who had stated an intention to emigrate actually emigrated within the 5-year follow-up period. Second, the personality of potential migrants and their discontent with the quality of the public domain in the Netherlands (e.g., crowded space and inadequate access to unspoilt nature, pollution, crime level, mentality of people) were the strongest contributors to the motivation to move abroad. Third, the main difference between movers and those who stated intentions to emigrate but had not (yet) followed through was their state of health: healthy people were more likely to follow through with their migration intentions than those in poorer health.
Keywords: emigration; intentions; behaviour; personality; brain drain; Netherlands
KW - Emigration
U2 - 10.1080/00324728.2012.725135
DO - 10.1080/00324728.2012.725135
M3 - Article
VL - 67
SP - 225
EP - 241
JO - Population Studies: a journal of demography
JF - Population Studies: a journal of demography
SN - 0032-4728
IS - 2
ER -