INTERNATIONAL LABOUR MIGRATION AND STRUCTURAL CHANNELS: A CASE STUDY OF UKRAINIAN WORKING MIGRANTS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

• Authors: Strielkowski Wadim , Gordon Rausser
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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This article investigates the role of economic restructuring in the construction sectors in the Czech Republic and Ukraine. Our analysis is based on a unique dataset obtained via questionnaire surveys in Zakarpattia region of Ukraine and multivariate models linking prior work experience in the Ukrainian construction sector and the likelihood of working in the Czech construction sector, net of other theoretically important controls. The results of our research show that integration of the Czech and Ukrainian construction sectors has created international “structural channels”, that push migration from Ukraine to the Czech Republic along occupational lines. We draw implications of the analysis for the broader international economic restructuring and integration in the European Union.

Keywords

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LABOUR MIGRATION; OCCUPATIONAL CHANNELLING; CZECH REPUBLIC; UKRAINE

• Publisher: Institute of Slovak and World Economics and Institute for Forecasting, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Ekonomický časopis (Journal of Economics)
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 61
• Issue: 10
• Pages: 1034 – 1052

Contributors

author

Strielkowski Wadim

• Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Ústav ekonomických studií, Smetanovo nábřeží 6, 110 01 Praha, Czech Republic

author

Gordon Rausser