@ARTICLE{Parker_Kimberly_A._Reflections_2022,
 author={Parker, Kimberly A. and Hester, Erin B. and Geegan, Sarah A. and Ciunova-Shuleska, Anita and Palamidovska-Sterjadovska, Nikolina and Ivanov, Bobi},
 volume={vol. 11},
 number={No 1},
 journal={Central and Eastern European Migration Review},
 pages={65-84},
 howpublished={online},
 year={2022},
 publisher={Polska Akademia Nauk, Ośrodek Badań nad Migracjami UW},
 abstract={For small, low-to-middle-income countries such as North Macedonia, the prospect of young, educated peo-ple leaving their place of residence (i.e. emigrating) can have significant negative societal-level effects. Understanding the complexity of the brain-drain phenomenon and its antecedents is critical to developing multi-level (i.e. global, societal and individual) strategic solutions. A qualitative analysis of several focus-group interviews was used to understand young, educated residents’ reasons either for emigrating or for remaining in North Macedonia. Two overarching themes served to organise the participant-identified driv-ers for emigration and those opposed to it. Three sub-themes emerged describing the factors for emigra-tion: 1) a lack of professional opportunities, 2) institutional systems, and 3) cultural tightness. Likewise, three sub-themes emerged describing the factors for staying: 1) community, 2) culture and 3) social re-sponsibility. Insights serve to contextualise some of the experiences of young, educated people in small, low-to-middle-income, countries which impact on their emigration decisions.},
 type={Article},
 title={Reflections on the Emigration Aspirations of Young, Educated People in Small Balkan Countries: A Qualitative Analysis of Reasons to Leave or Stay in North Macedonia},
 URL={http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/123903/PDF/Parker%20et%20al.%202022.pdf},
 keywords={North Macedonia, Balkans, migration aspirations, emigration-decision conflict, brain drain},
}