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Specific factors<br />

Impact of HIV/AIDS<br />

Economic instability<br />

Unstable work environment<br />

Political stability<br />

Travel opportunities<br />

Aid work<br />

One of <strong>the</strong> main motivations to migrate is income. Some surveys reveal that income was<br />

found to be one of <strong>the</strong> key motivations for health professionals in Estonia, Poland,<br />

Romania, and Slovakia. For instance, wage differentials motivate Romanian health<br />

professionals to work up in countries where <strong>the</strong>y can earn up to three times more. Also,<br />

outflows of medical doctors to Spain dropped in Spain in <strong>the</strong> mid and late 200s when<br />

salary levels rose.<br />

Ga<strong>the</strong>ring data on remuneration levels is quite difficult because countries collect data<br />

based on different sources covering different categories of physicians, and often do not<br />

include all income sources. Data on remuneration refers to GPs. The remuneration of GPs<br />

ranges from 1.4 times <strong>the</strong> average wage of all workers in Hungary, to 4.2 times in UK. In<br />

all countries, <strong>the</strong> remuneration of GPs is lower than that of specialists (OECD, 2009).<br />

The o<strong>the</strong>r most cited motivation is <strong>the</strong> working conditions, covering elements such as <strong>the</strong><br />

working environment, terms of employment, working relations. For instance, better<br />

working hours is one of <strong>the</strong> main motivations for Austrian doctors to move to Germany.<br />

In 1990s, job insecurity and temporary contracts drove Spanish health professionals to<br />

search for a job in Portugal.<br />

The latest <strong>report</strong> about EU (WHO, 2011) indicates that salaries and working conditions<br />

were expected to attract medical doctors to some European countries. Never<strong>the</strong>less, <strong>the</strong>se<br />

inflows were lower than one might expect due to labor market restrictions in several EU<br />

15 member states. This <strong>report</strong> also mentions that as an important incentive to migrate is a<br />

perception of better salaries and opportunities.<br />

Lastly, <strong>the</strong> possibilities of professional and career advancement are one of <strong>the</strong> key<br />

motivations for Finnish doctors to work abroad. Austrian doctors are attracted to<br />

Germany for <strong>the</strong> absence of waiting times for training places.<br />

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