Student emigration from Armenia: new developments

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to study the main phases of Armenian out-migration process, to elaborate the prominent ‘push-pull’ factors of Armenian student migration and to analyze the recent developments and changes in the issue of Armenia student migration. This research discusses the Armenian emigration with the help of neoclassical and historical-structural school of thoughts. The study examines the history of Armenian migration of the last two decades by dividing it into five phases. Furthermore, it elaborates the main ‘pushing’ and ‘pulling factors’ of Armenian student mobility. Finally the research finds that there is a rising intention among the younger generation to leave the country more than among the representatives of the middle age group based on the surveys conducted in 2010 and 2012 and this intention is gradually rising.