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What Moves the Highly Skilled and Why? Comparing Turkish Nationals in Canada and Germany
Author(s) -
Ozcurumez Saime,
Yetkin Aker Deniz
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international migration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.681
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1468-2435
pISSN - 0020-7985
DOI - 10.1111/imig.12234
Subject(s) - turkish , affect (linguistics) , political science , demographic economics , economics , sociology , philosophy , linguistics , communication
Abstract Based on in‐depth interviews with highly skilled and business Turkish nationals ( HSBTN ) in Canada and Germany, this study aims to explore why HSBTN decide to move and whether migration policy differences among the countries of destination affect recent migration motivations of HSBTN . It mainly focuses on the reasons and rationale of HSBTN and their explanations. This study argues that the high skilled and business migrants in general and HSBTN in particular move internationally as a consequence of individual‐level gain beyond economic prospects.