Abstract:

Purpose: This article is a continuation of original international research conducted in 2017 and 2020 among young people, management students.  Factors influencing the propensity to migrate were investigated. The article contains data from a study conducted in 2022, which is compared with data from 2020. The aim of the following article is to determine the impact of non-economic factors, including the Covid-19 pandemic and the threat of war, on the propensity to migrate of surveyed students from Poland and Portugal.

Design/Methodology/Approach: A binomial logistic regression model was used to test the impact of the highlighted factors on the propensity to migrate. The estimations made it possible to verify the hypotheses set out in the study.

Results: The study found that the fear of contracting COVID-19 has a negative impact, while vaccination against COVID-19 has a positive impact on young people's propensity to migrate. Perceptions of war vary according to distance from conflict.

Practical implications: The study will determine how young people's propensity to migrate evolved during the uncertainty of the Covid-19 pandemic and warfare, and what the differences were among the Polish and Portuguese respondents.