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As the world’s labor force becomes increasingly mobile in a global economy, more workers are willing to consider going abroad for a job. But people’s motivation to move—and their favored destinations—vary widely and are not easy to predict based solely on economics, according to a new survey of more than 200,000 job seekers from the Boston Consulting Group and recruiting website The Network.
Of course, many people in unstable or economically floundering countries look outside their homelands for more opportunity; and those in countries with a high standard of living often want to stay put. But there are plenty of exceptions, the survey found.
The variation can be pretty extreme, even among similarly robust economies. More than 90% of the French and Dutch job seekers surveyed said they’d be willing to move abroad. But less than half of German and Danish job seekers, and only 35% of Americans, would consider a move. The world average is 64%.Here are the countries covered by the survey, broken down by the percentage who already work abroad or would be willing to:
Where in the world people want to work abroad ? Quartz
