Brain Drain and Migration Intention: A quantitative study of push-pull factors impacting the Migration Intention of Nepalese Skilled and Educated Professionals.
Authors
Sharma Ghimire, Sushil ; Khatri, Manoj
Term
4. term
Publication year
2026
Submitted on
2026-05-31
Abstract
This thesis examines why skilled and educated Nepalese consider leaving the country, framing brain drain as a development challenge intertwined with substantial remittance inflows. Using a push–pull framework, the study quantifies how economic, political, social, and institutional push factors in Nepal, alongside economic, political, social, and educational pull factors in destination countries, shape migration intention among professionals. The authors adopt a positivist, explanatory design and implement a survey of Nepal’s skilled and educated workforce. Data are analyzed through descriptive statistics, correlations, and Structural Equation Modeling using Partial Least Squares (SEM-PLS), complemented by reliability and validity checks, multicollinearity diagnostics, and model fit assessment. The study also documents respondents’ occupations, experience, preferred destinations, long-term intentions to move, and awareness of brain drain. Specific empirical findings and hypothesis tests are presented in later chapters but are not included in the provided excerpt. The thesis aims to inform policymakers, higher education institutions, and employers by providing evidence to mitigate adverse impacts of brain drain and improve talent retention in Nepal.
Denne afhandling undersøger, hvorfor dygtige og veluddannede nepalesere overvejer at forlade landet, og sætter fokus på hjerneflugt som et udviklingsproblem, der hænger sammen med betydelige hjemsendelser af penge. Med udgangspunkt i en push-pull-ramme kvantificerer studiet, hvordan økonomiske, politiske, sociale og institutionelle push-faktorer i Nepal samt økonomiske, politiske, sociale og uddannelsesmæssige pull-faktorer i destinationslande påvirker migrationstilkendegivelse blandt professionelle. Forskerne anlægger en positivistisk, forklarende designtilgang og gennemfører en spørgeskemaundersøgelse blandt nepalesiske, kvalificerede og uddannede personer. Data analyseres via deskriptiv statistik, korrelationer og strukturligningsmodellering med Partial Least Squares (SEM-PLS), suppleret af reliabilitets- og validitetstests, multikollinearitetskontrol og model-fit. Undersøgelsen belyser også respondenternes erhverv, erfaring, foretrukne destinationer samt langsigtede flytteintentioner og kendskab til hjerneflugt. De konkrete empiriske resultater og hypotesetests fremgår af de senere kapitler, men er ikke inkluderet i det udleverede uddrag. Afhandlingen sigter mod at give beslutningstagere, uddannelsesinstitutioner og arbejdsgivere et evidensgrundlag for tiltag, der kan dæmpe de negative effekter af hjerneflugt og bedre fastholde talent i Nepal.
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