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AuthorEwers, Michael C
AuthorShockley, Bethany
Available date2018-06-27T06:36:19Z
Publication Date2017
Publication NamePopulation, Space and Place
Identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1002/psp.2134
CitationEwers MC, Shockley B. Attracting and retaining expatriates in Qatar during an era of uncertainty: Would you stay or would you go?. Popul Space Place. 2017;e2134. https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.2134
ISSN1544-8444
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/6756
AbstractHow do foreign workers navigate competing pressures when deciding to remain in a place or leave for a new destination? Here, we explore migration decision‐making across a diverse set of migrant nationalities using an innovative survey experiment implemented in the Arab Gulf state of Qatar. Extending recent work that highlights the contribution of experiments to the study of complex migration decision‐making choices, we employ a conjoint survey experiment that asks respondents whether they would remain in the country or seek to leave under randomised scenarios. Responses to conventional migration questions about past and future migration decisions are compared with experimental findings, covering a range of economic, social, and political factors. Both the conventional and experimental results are analysed across nationality subgroups. We find that local security and stability underpin both the reasons that migrants were attracted to Qatar and their propensities to leave, conditional on regional background. This has major implications for migrant decision‐making calculus in light of regional economic and political deterioration. The results confirm the importance of a variety of economic factors for complex migration decision‐making and suggest that survey experiments present a fruitful option for future research on this topic.
Languageen
PublisherWiley
Subjectconjoint analysis
Middle East
migration
Qatar
survey experiment
TitleAttracting and retaining expatriates in Qatar during an era of uncertainty: Would you stay or would you go?
TypeArticle
Pagination1-15
ESSN1544-8452
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