TITLE:
The Determinants of International Student Movement into Thailand: Push and Pull Factors
AUTHORS:
Sujinda Chemsripong
KEYWORDS:
Educational Trade in Service, Mobility, International Students, Thailand
JOURNAL NAME:
Theoretical Economics Letters,
Vol.9 No.8,
December
3,
2019
ABSTRACT: This research aims to analyze the determinants of international
student movements in higher education in Thailand using a regression model of the international
student movement. The push
and pull factors will apply with data access from 141 home countries, according
to the number of all international students who studied in Thailand in 2017. Multiple regression equations by using weighted
least squares regression have been applied to solve the problem of variance
stability of error terms, and the result of the hypotheses test may cause
statistical bias. Even though the
variables are continuity interval range and normal distribution under classical
assumption as the traditional linear model, there is no relationship between the independent
variables and has no problem crossing time mobility (autocorrelation) of the model that uses cross section data by using data in 2017. Research results suggest that population of the home country, distance between the home and host countries
and enrollment have a significant influence in international student mobility.