Between cosmopolitanism and parochialism: return migration of early-career Israeli academics

Comparative Migration Studies

Table 5 Model estimation results 1 (LOGIT): dependent variable = ECR’s repatriation

Model fit summery	Model 4	Model 5	Model 6	Model 7
Number of observations	223	223	223	223
– 2 Log-likelihood	146.235	135.406	121.101	98.460
Cox & Snell pseudo-R²	0.463	0.488	0.520	0.566
Nagelkerke pseudo-R²	0.642	0.677	0.721	0.785

Parameter^a	Estimate	SE	Estimate	SE	Estimate	SE	Estimate	SE
Mobility
Obtaining job offers from foreign scientific institutions\business firms	− 1.722	0.559**	− 1.473	0.583**	− 1.774	0.688**	− 1.868	0.736**
Applying to foreign academic research institutions/business firms	− 2.536	0.612***	− 2.673	0.661***	− 2.490	0.687***	− 2.613	0.817***
Obtaining job offers from Israeli scientific institutions\ business firms	0.940	0.443**	0.816	0.462*	1.063	0.512**	1.452	0.590**
Applying to Israeli academic research institutions/business firms	2.224	0.565***	2.536	0.620***	2.356	0.655***	2.591	0.762***
Negotiating with Israeli institutions\ business firms	1.650	0.462***	1.297	0.493**	1.415	0.530**	0.812	0.596
Self-professionalism
The best offer			− 0.453	0.204**	− 0.429	0.219**	− 0.308	0.237
Optimal equipping essential for research			0.238	0.173*	0.244	0.179	0.181	0.202
A salary reflecting professional skills			− 0.388	0.205*	− 0.186	0.226	− 0.363	0.254
Residence
The importance of amenities and quality of life that characterize a place of living					− 0.723	0.206***	− 0.863	0.249***
Economic and personal
Owning assets							1.739	0.593**
Parental support							0.702	0.267**
Constant	1.150	0.657*	3.365	1.107**	4.897	1.286***	3.356	1.499**

*Significant at the 0.10 level; **significant at the 0.05 level; ***significant at the 0.01 level
^aThe full description of the variables is given in “Appendix 1”