Migration is often viewed as economically motivated. However many of the studies on which this is based are a result of either aggregate data or retrospective questioning of migrants. The, present study indicates that such approaches may give a distorted view of migrants’ motives. Our data indicate that nonmonetary career reasons are important instigators of migration among well educated international migrants. In addition these factors tend to be major perceived gains from migration. However, choice of destination is strongly influenced by location of friends and/or relatives. Reasons for discrepancies between this and previous studies are noted.
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