The Middle East and North Africa region has high unemployment rates for youth, and the number of youth not in education, employment, or training is also among the highest in the world. In this context, migration is one of the more obvious reactions of youth facing unmet aspirations in the labour market. This paper analyses the determinants of the intentions of youth to migrate during their school-to-work transitions in selected countries in the region. With this aim, microdata from School-to-Work Transition Surveys conducted by the International Labour Organization from 2013 to 2015 are used in this research covering Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, and Tunisia. These surveys target a nationally representative sample of young people between the ages of 15 and 29 and include data on intentions to migrate (internal and international) and factors related to social and educational background. Microeconometric models are used in order to achieve a better understanding of factors influencing youth decisions to migrate.

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中东和北非地区青年中的移民愿望

中东和北非地区的青年失业率很高，未受教育，就业或培训的青年人数也是世界上最高的国家之一。在这种情况下，移徙是青年人面临劳动力市场未得到满足的愿望时最明显的反应之一。本文分析了在该地区某些国家中，年轻人在从学校到工作过渡期间迁移的意愿的决定因素。为此，这项研究覆盖了埃及，约旦，黎巴嫩，巴勒斯坦和突尼斯，并使用了国际劳工组织2013年至2015年从学校到工作过渡调查的微观数据。这些调查的对象是全国代表性的15至29岁的年轻人，并包括有关移民意图（内部和国际）以及与社会和教育背景有关的因素的数据。使用微观计量模型来更好地了解影响青年决定迁移的因素。