Bibtex export
@article{ Nassimova2021, title = {Mobile Students from Kazakhstan: Migration for Education or Education for Emigration?}, author = {Nassimova, Gulnar and Buzurtanova, Marem and Smagulov, Kadyrzhan and Kartashov, Kirill}, journal = {Studies of Transition States and Societies}, number = {2}, pages = {51-69}, volume = {13}, year = {2021}, issn = {1736-8758}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.58036/stss.v13i2.946}, abstract = {The article discusses the results of an empirical sociological study on the migratory trajectories of mobile students from Kazakhstan. The study included a series of in-depth interviews and a survey aimed at establishing why they decided to study abroad, how they chose the country to study, and what they were planning to do upon graduation. The ‘push-pull plus’ model was applied to bridge economic and sociological aspects of educational migration from Kazakhstan and to overcome structure-agency dichotomy. Profiles of mobile students across three types of migratory trajectories were developed: Immediate Returnees migrating for educational purposes, i.e. maximisation of utility; Deferred Returnees, whose rational choice is combined with desire and aspiration; and Definite Non-returnees, for whom education is a means of emigration prompted by deprivation due to the situation in the home country, which creates predisposing and proximate drivers. }, keywords = {Migration; migration; Bildungswanderung; educational migration; Kasachstan; Kazakhstan; Studium; studies (academic); Motivation; motivation; Auswanderung; emigration}}