GEOGRAPHICAL PATTERNS IN THE INTRA-EUROPEAN MIGRATION BEFORE AND AFTER EASTERN ENLARGEMENT: THE CONNECTIVITY APPROACH

• Authors: Baláž Vladimír , Karasová Katarína
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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This paper analyses spatial patterns in intra-European migration flows in the periods 1997 – 2004 and 2005 – 2013. The paper uses network analysis, and regression and factor analysis in order to establish the major determinants of the spatial patterns exhibited by intra-European migrant stocks. The EU’s Eastern enlargement generated vast East-West migrant flows and prompted a particular reconfiguration of the migration network. The basic topology of the network, however, did not change across the two observed periods: The whole network remains dominated by a ‘rich club’ structure. The topology of the network was seen to rely on a complex and stable set of long-term institutions, such as culture and language structures, and/or established pathways of trade in goods and knowledge.

Keywords

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INTRA-EUROPEAN MIGRATION; NETWORK ANALYSIS; CONNECTIVITY MODEL; PUSH-PULL MODEL; EU EASTERN ENLARGEMENT; EUROPEAN UNION

• Publisher: Institute of Slovak and World Economics and Institute for Forecasting, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Ekonomický časopis (Journal of Economics)
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 65
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 3 – 30

Contributors

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Baláž Vladimír

• Institute for Forecasting, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Šancová 56, 813 64 Bratislava 1, Slovak Republic

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Karasová Katarína