COVID-19 and return intentions among mobile Bulgarian citizens living abroad

Vanya Ivanova; Vanya Ivanova

doi:10.3934/geosci.2023020

AIMS Geosciences

2023, Volume 9, Issue 2: 382-391. doi: 10.3934/geosci.2023020

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COVID-19 and return intentions among mobile Bulgarian citizens living abroad

Vanya Ivanova ^,

Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with the Ethnographic Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 6A Moskovska str., 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria

Received: 10 January 2023 Revised: 19 April 2023 Accepted: 07 April 2023 Published: 23 May 2023

- COVID-19,
- return migration,
- return intentions,
- Bulgaria,
- highly qualified migration,
- mobile Bulgarians
Citation: Vanya Ivanova. COVID-19 and return intentions among mobile Bulgarian citizens living abroad[J]. AIMS Geosciences, 2023, 9(2): 382-391. doi: 10.3934/geosci.2023020

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