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RELATIONSHIP OF STUDENTS 'MIGRATION INTENTS AND SCIENTIFIC FIELD OF STUDY IN PROFESSIONAL STUDIES

The Republic of Croatia faces an increased emigration of its population. Since 2013 the emigration of the highly educated young population has been a particular problem. It is necessary to continually explore this phenomenon with different groups of people to identify the key factors contributing to migration and to influence them through public policies. This paper aims to provide an overview of past research since 2013 and to identify the correlation of migration intentions of final year undergraduate students concerning scientific fields of study. Students in the social, technical, and biotechnical fields of science (STEM area) were selected. An anonymous online survey examined the attitudes of students in their final years of study towards the factors for emigration and their attitude towards education. According to previous research, the push factors for migration are more important for the less educated workforce and the attractive factors are more important for the highly educated workforce. The results of the research can help policymakers to design policies that will be more effective in creating conditions for young and highly educated people to stay in a country that has invested financial resources in their education and to develop careers in their country of origin. The survey was conducted at one local higher education institution, which is a limitation and it is recommended that similar research be conducted on a larger sample of respondents and at several different higher education institutions.

Emigration, students, highly educated young population, scientific field

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