YOUTH 2020 - The position of young people in Slovenia

110 Figure 2.17: Young people’s reasons for living abroad. 54 + 25 + 7 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 2 Vacation and travel No data Other Sent to work abroad Working abroad Learning and practical training mobility (Erasmus) Study abroad (enrolled at a university, school abroad) 53.5% 25.7% 6.9% 3.2% 4.2% 4.7% 1.8% Source: ???? When it comes to the more permanent aspects of mobility, which are more salient in terms of the brain drain and the global battle for talent mentioned earlier, we can see that the situation has indeed changed a lot in ten years. A decade of crises has changed the level of young people’s willingness to move to another European country, with 73.5% of young people willing to move in 2020, compared to only 55.9% in 2010, or a 17.6% increase in willingness to move to another European country. The fact that proximity to what is likely to be a more favourable labour mar- ket is a key factor in this increase can be seen by looking at young peo- ple’s willingness to move to another continent. In this case, just under half (48.7%) would be willing to do so. When it comes to the more permanent aspects of mobility, which are more salient in terms of the brain drain and the global battle for talent mentioned earlier, we can see that the situation has indeed changed a lot in ten years. A decade of crises has changed the level of young people’s willingness to move to another European country, with 73.5% of young people willing to move in 2020, compared to only 55.9% in 2010.