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Travelling to Europe: determinants of short-term visa applications
— 2021
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May 2021
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Freedom of travel is an increasingly contentious subject in light of migration pressures, national security requirements and public opinion concerns. The ability to travel to the Schengen Area depends, for more than half of the world’s population or about five billion individuals, on the ability to secure a short-term travel visa. Our analysis contributes to a better understanding of the determinants of visa applications for short-term travel to the Schengen Area. We performed a cross-sectional analysis which shows that income level, cultural proximity and the existence of a foreign-born community are the most significant demand factors. Additionally, the distance acts negatively and some social development indexes, such as literacy and corruption perceptions, are positively correlated. Finally, we found no evidence of any significant factors related to the religious leanings of the country of origin of the applicants, which highlights the role of Europe as a common space of freedom.
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economics-and-business - Economics and business
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eng - English
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