Young returnees' sustainability of return: The case of Bulgaria

Autor: Mihaela Misheva, Antoaneta Getova
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: AIMS Geosciences, Vol 9, Iss 3, Pp 426-440 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2471-2132
DOI: 10.3934/geosci.2023023?viewType=HTML
Popis: Return migration flow to Bulgaria is constant but not high, except for the past two years. Here, we argue that subjective and objective reasons should both be considered in line to explain life prospects of young returnees at home. An innovative approach to balancing the subjective-objective dichotomy in return migration phenomena is measuring sustainability of return through re-emigration, captured by and tested through a re-emigration index based on a national representative survey of returning Bulgarian migrants. The main hypothesis is that the sustainability of the return of young people depends on a complex group of factors, including social and emotional motives. The main findings are about the magnitude of the return migration flow and its sustainability: The factors for the return of young Bulgarians in the pre-Covid research show strong non-economic character, which intensifies in times of crisis. There are no significantly different tendencies for re-emigration/return among young people compared with all returnees.
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