Working Paper

To go or not to go - Emigration from Germany

by Silke Uebelmesser


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• Abstract
  
  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.

  JEL-Classification: F22; C20; H55

  Keywords: Emigration; Intention variable; Probit estimation; German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP)

   

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• Contact
  
  Silke Uebelmesser
  University of Munich, Department of Economics, CES, Schackstr. 4, 80539 Munich, Germany,
  eMail: uebelmesser@lmu.de

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