European youth mobility; macro level; human capital; mobility motivations; multiple methods
Abstract :
[en] European youth mobility seems to be fostering Europe's unequal pace of integration, which sees certain countries benefit at the expense of others (Ohmacht et al., 2009; van Mol & Timmerman, 2014). Using a comparative approach, the paper aims to relate a macro-level country-typology focussing on human capital with individual mobility-motivations on the micro-level. Our methodological approach is based on a secondary macro-data analysis and analyses of mobility-motivations of young people (micro-data) deriving from qualitative (N=152) and quantitative data (N=5,499) collected in six European countries. In order to examine correspondence between macro-conditions and micro-aspects, we relate information on mobility-motivations to the country-typology by allocating mobile youth to the respective types of their home country. The results show that the country-types compose different opportunity structures, which are reflected in individual motivations. Accordingly, different country-types can be seen as an example of the heterogeneity and inequality of European social and territorial mobility frames.
Disciplines :
Human geography & demography Sociology & social sciences
Author, co-author :
Hemming, Karen; DJI
Schlimbach, Tabea; DJI
Tilmann, Frank; DJI
Nienaber, Birte ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Identités, Politiques, Sociétés, Espaces (IPSE)
Roman, Monica; ASE
Skrobanek, Jan; University of Bergen
External co-authors :
yes
Language :
English
Title :
Structural framework conditions and individual motivations for youth-mobility: A macro-micro level approach for different European country-types
Publication date :
2019
Journal title :
Migration Letters
ISSN :
1741-8992
Publisher :
Migration Letters & The London Publishers, London, United Kingdom
Volume :
16
Issue :
1
Pages :
45-59
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
European Projects :
H2020 - 649263 - MOVE - Mapping mobility – pathways, institutions and structural effects of youth mobility in Europe