Demography and social economy, 2019, 3(37): 47-56
doi: https://doi.org/10.15407/dse2019.03.047
UDC 314.5.063; 314.7; 314.743(479.22)
JEL CLASSIFICATION: J11, J61

L.E. MENABDISHVILI
PhD in economic, associate researcher
Ilia State University Institute of Demography and Sociology
0162, Georgia, Tbilisi, C. Cholokashvili str. 3/5
E-mail: lelamen@gmail.com
ORCID 0000-0003-3847-6250

N.E. MENABDISHVILI
PhD in economic, assistant researcher
Ilia State University Institute of Demography and Sociology
0162, Georgia, Tbilisi, C. Cholokashvili str. 3/5
E-mail: nanamen@gmail.com
ORCID 0000-0002-3577-4888

N.A. GOMELAURI
Associate researcher
Ilia State University Institute of Demography and Sociology
0162, Georgia, Tbilisi, C. Cholokashvili str. 3/5
E-mail: gomelaurinino@yahoo.com
ORCID 0000-0003-4796-4221

MIGRATORY DISPOSITION OF GEORGIA’S STUDENT YOUTH
Section: MIGRATION PROCESSES AND TRENDS
Language: English
Abstract: The article is based on the sociological research conducted among students with direct participation of the authors. The aim of the research is to study migratory disposition, motives, goals and objectives of the students. Three groups of the students who wish to go abroad stood out: those who only wish to study, those who wish to mix studying and working and the students who only wish to work abroad. A comparative analysis on some of the data in regard to the research which was done ten years ago is carried out. It became clear that in consequence of the limited opportunities of employment within the country, as well as constricted labor income and higher competitiveness of those persons who received education abroad, the motivation to leave the country is growing among the students. The majority of students oriented toward emigrating want to combine studying and working abroad. Subsequently, they choose universities mainly on the basis of the mentioned criterion. The students mostly plan on continuing their studies on a higher level with the same or related profile. One of the important factors for the youth in finding a job abroad is to work with their profession, and then to have a high salary. The higher the salary of these students in their homeland, the higher is their demand in terms of the salary which they think they ought to receive in emigration. If a decade ago illegal employment was approved and acceptable, now the attitude has changed drastically. The majority of the students hold a negative position toward this issue, even if they cannot find a job legally. A fairly noteworthy tendency has appeared in that among the students willing to go abroad, the number of those who do not plan on returning back to homeland has increased 1.4 times. Certain portion of these students will decide whether to come back or not based on how they will realize their aspirations and goals abroad. According to the results of the research, we think that an active demographic policy ought to be implemented, which should be carried out in parallel to those challenges that our country faces today.
Key words: emigration, migratory disposition, labor emigration, educational emigration..
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