Does an education experience abroad promote short or long-term international labour mobility?

Abstract

This paper examines whether an education experience abroad promotes short-term or long-term international migration intentions. It uses individual-level data from the Eurobarometer survey “Intra-EU labour mobility after the pandemic”, which focuses on intentions to migrate among EU citizens. Univariate probit and bivariate probit with sample selection models are estimated. The results suggest that an international education experience makes individuals more likely to have plans to work abroad in the future, but this experience is found to be associated with short-term migration intentions rather than long-term ones.