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NORDREGIO WORKING PAPER 2025:1
Wherever I lay my hat: Early career migration drivers and preferences
Authors: Hilma Salonen, Maria Bobrinskaya
Contributors: Hjördís Guðmundsdóttir, Maja Brynteson, Anna Berlina, Eva Maersk
CONTENTS
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Executive summary
Nordic summary
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
1.1 Background and aims of the project
1.2 Theoretical considerations: Drivers for moving and staying
2. Methodology: Survey
2.1 Limitations
3. Results
3.1 General migration trends
3.2 Typology of movers: Leavers, returners, and stayers
3.3 Other drivers to move
3.4 The impact of geographic background on migration preference
3.5 Four main typologies of Nordic people
4. Conclusion
4.1 National characteristics
4.2 Personal preferences as migration drivers
References
Annex I: Survey questions (English translation)
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