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One of the reasons given for emigrating is precisely the
salary level. “We are talking about people who earned a thousand euros [in Portugal]
and in the destination countries will earn three thousand or more euros”,
points out one of the authors of the study, João Teixeira Lopes.
“An investment is made in the training of young people, who
then do not have the due recognition in Portuguese society and end up
emigrating. There is not enough return for the development of the country”, he
lamented, considering that “we are losing the most qualified generation”.
The investigation involved qualified young people who emigrated to Europe and who represent a quarter of the Portuguese who left the country in the last decade, according to the sociologist, professor, and researcher at the Institute of Sociology of the University of Porto. Although the majority of young people leaving the country do not have a university degree, the number of qualified emigrants rose by 87.5%, reaching 11% of the total number of emigrants in 2015.
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With the article about higher salaries for Portuguese abroad it should be noted that the living costs in for example UK, France, Germany and Nordic countries are also much higher for housing, transport and food. Please do not lure young professionals to leave based on wrong information.
By Bengt from Alentejo on 12 Dec 2022, 11:20
Only 3 times more? Well I would say a more realistic number would be sth between 5 to 10 times more, give the fact that a lot work in Switzerland or Luxembour or even Germany. 3 time more maybe in Spain or France. But if you do 1000 € brutto in PT I would say at least you need to make 5000CHF in Switzerland but also Luxembourg as a cleaning lady or some sort of. Germany I would say around 4000€ depeding if your company is in a union.
By Fab from Other on 12 Dec 2022, 12:44
Food is not more expensive in Germany and France. I moved to Portugal in 2021 from Germany and was astonished by the much higher food prices here in Portugal compared to Germany. Like-for-like items in Lidl PT/DE can be a lot more expensive here than in Germany (similar in other PT supermarkets), and I am basing this on a detailed list of historical prices recorded, not simply a rough global estimate. I can also see on my monthly grocery spending that it's about 50% higher than in Germany, and it's not because I'm buying more luxury items.
Housing costs depend entirely on where you live. It's difficult to compare. But housing isn't cheap in Portugal.
Countries like Germany and Denmark have extreme electricity prices, and German public health care is very expensive, but at least it works. Over a million people in Portugal don't have a family doctor and can't even see a GP without being asked to turn up at 8 a.m. to stand in a queue, so I ended up taking out a private insurance just to get basic ongoing health care.
My car insurance here is nearly twice as expensive here than in Germany and doesn't include the fully comprehensive cover I had in Germany. Banking services are more expensive in PT. Internet is faster and cheaper, but if you want to call a number outside PT, you are ripped off here, so I kept my German SIM card for that. There is not enough competition here.
So I don't agree with the poster who claimed that life is so much more expensive in the other countries mentioned. It isn't in all of them. I've been there and tried it and know it.
And I don't think anybody is luring the PT abroad. They can look up the facts themselves, and the fact is that PT salaries are miserable compared to many other countries.
By T F from Porto on 14 Dec 2022, 11:22
Along the lines of cost of living comparison, more specifically where in Portugal are people leaving (e.g., city or rural Portugal) and undoubtedly the destination is a city like london where the cost of living is much higher.
By John from USA on 14 Dec 2022, 11:45