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The Attractiveness of the Place ina a Region Lagging behind

Recent research indicates that modern regions and cities give a special attention to attract people with features that best correspond to the contemporary individual, business and development challenges through creation of sound living and entrepreneurial framework conditions. The attractiveness of a region or a city can be assessed by exploring the opinions of the student population considering the questions about their future home place. This paper evaluates students’ perception of the place attractiveness and explores a number of issues related to their preferences on different aspects of future home place. It is based on the survey among 168 undergraduate students at the J.J. Strossmayer University in Osijek (Croatia) conducted in 2008. In particular, this research tries to ascertain what factors are of importance when young people choose home place. The students' opinions offer a fruitful insight into the factors underlying migration choice in the region lagging behind and therefore can be used as a basis for policy recommendation directed to enhance a regional or urban competitiveness.

migration; Osijek; place attractiveness; migration factors; migration aspirations

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