## 2 Literature Review  
The decision to take into consideration students' intentions to migrate is based on previous findings which demonstrate their high mobility behaviour [8], due to lesser familial constraints [9]. Especially after the 2008 economic crisis, the migration levels among young individuals increased almost all over Europe [10]. In the case of the Romanian economy, the past difficulties faced by young adults to find proper jobs, according to their educational background and vocation, constitute a trigger that determines them to leave their country of origin. Many studies demonstrate that these highly educated students could be a valuable resource for innovation and economic growth [11; 12]. It is considered that \"the links between migration and internationalisation of higher education are reciprocal in that migration strategies and policies encourage and facilitate the internationalisation of higher education while, at the same time, they are becoming increasingly dependent on, that process\" [13] (p. 117). Also, a large proportion of these intentions are focused towards richer EU member states, therefore, the very possible impact on these countries' competitiveness is extremely high and, also, with positive effects on the whole European economy [10; 14]. [PERSON] et al. [15] emphasise the impact of retaining foreign high-skilled labour forceon recipient country's demography, regional disparities, and economic development. Therefore, macroeconomic stability has an important influence towards these intentions to migrate [16], since young adults record high unemployment rates in many European countries. Moreover, the regional disparities could contribute to the willingness to migrate abroad [17]. Many scholars have highlighted the dilemma whether the future intentions to migrate could predict a real decision [4; 18; 19]. Besides the impossibility to even intentions and facts, migration intentions are important features emphasised in the literature [20], because the associated motivations and perspectives could start and develop a highly dynamic process. In our opinion, and based on previous research [21], migration intentions are a credible predictor and trigger for real future migration. The decision to switch from intentions to migrate, to an actual decision to leave the country of origin, is based on the same category of factors [18; 22]. In conclusion, \"migration intentions data holds advantages connected to both substantive and practical issues\" [23] (p. 120). The mainstream theory regarding international migration is mainly explained using the linear and behavioural \"push-and-pull\" model [24]. The main idea is that \"push factors\", which are causes that exist in home countries, are interlinked with superior \"pull factors,\" that exist in the receiving countries [25]. Our intention was not to stick to the limitations of the \"push-and-pull\" model, and stress a deeper understanding of the factors that may affect the willingness to migrate abroad of post-graduate students from economics profiles. In this direction, our desire was to check whether the economic \"push\" factors are the most important ones, or the only ones that matter the most. The main focus on the post-graduation intentions-to-leave the country of origin, in the case of students in economics, is considered relevant for different reasons. Firstly, the migration of highly skilled individuals could launch pervasive provocations in terms of economic, political, social and demographic changes [26]. Secondly, the real migration phenomenon could be understood, at least partially, in terms of previous manifested intentions to leave the country of origin. As shown in other studies [27; 28], the level of education is an important variable that may influence the decision to migrate.