## 3 Main Hypotheses  
A large body of literature provides clear evidence that economic factors are the most used ones to explain the migration phenomenon, but they are an easy and limited attempt and, what really matters in many cases, are the non-economic ones, such as the psychological, personal, and social inputs [3; 30; 31]. [PERSON] [32] (p. 267) stressed that the analysis of this phenomenon based solely on economic factors is not enough, therefore, it must be augmented by taking into consideration the non-economic ones. Especially when it comes to future highly skilled workers, they will be less constrained by economic reasons to migrate, but by more profound ones. That is why \"immaterial\" factors, including the desire for professional advancement and specific opportunities [33], superior standards of living [34; 35], the sociocultural background abroad [36], and better institutions in the destination country [37], have an important impact on the likelihood to migrate abroad. Moreover, it is considered that \"there is extensive evidence thereof, that mobility between two countries with different mean levels of real wages may remain low when a considerable improvement in the standard of living and quality of life in the poorer country is expected\" [38] (p. 1631). The most important motivation for our article was to test and validate a series of hypothesis in order to identify the main factors that are responsible for students' intentions to leave Romania after their graduation. We are fully aware that there are many other influencing factors on migration intentions which are interconnected and, therefore, difficult to measure. Taking into consideration all these previous arguments, we expect that  
**Hypothesis 1 (H1). **_The students who put a great emphasis not necessarily on pecuniary motivations, such as personal value recognition, individual liberty, low interpersonal trust, and agreeableness, are more likely to migrate rather than stay in the country of origin._  
First of all, we assume that the recognition of personal value is not necessarily pecuniary, because it covers mostly superior needs deeply related to personal fulfilment, such as the need for meritocratic environments, better systems and infrastructures to support the success and efficiency of pursuing career paths, equal opportunities for career advancement for all competitors, etc. It is emphasised that young adults are mainly motivated by career opportunities in their decision to leave their country of origin but, also, self-development is an important reason why people often choose to migrate [39]. In the same direction, taking into consideration the migration of Spanish highly skilled labour force after the 2008 crisis, the process was accompanied by different non-pecuniary triggers, such as the negative attitude towards a society where meritocracy is not the piece that fits the societal \"puzzle\", where corruption is endemic and overspread, where the political system is cumbersome and incapable of making healthy and efficient decisions, where the lack of predictability regarding job security is the basic rule, where the low standards of working conditions are daunting, where the future of the socioeconomic elements produces anxiety, and where the \"lack of civility, disorganization and apathy\" are pulling factors [40] (pp. 259-261). Moreover, it is considered that a political regime which stimulates economic freedom also offers the possibility to exert individual freedom. Therefore, several scholars point out that higher levels of economic freedom are the main drivers for the willingness to migrate abroad [41; 42]. In the case of United States of America, the individuals migrate in those states that record higher levels of economic freedom [43; 44]. For the Albanians, [PERSON] and [PERSON] (2001) emphasise that the higher the individuals' preferences for the free markets, the higher their intentions to migrate in other countries.