Personal characteristics of remitting Ukrainian migrants in the Czech Republic

• Authors: Ondřej Glazar , Wadim Strielkowski
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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This paper focuses on Ukrainian remitting migrants in the Czech Republic. Empirical evidence from two unique survey questionnaires carried out in Western Ukraine in 2010 and 2011 was used to test our hypotheses. The households in the 2010 survey were selected using the snowballing sampling in order to rule out remitting migrants residing in countries, other than the Czech Republic. The households for the 2011 survey were selected by randomly choosing parishes and primary schools in Zakarpat’ye district of Western Ukraine. Both remittance-receiving households and households without remittances were included in both surveys. The analysis of the data obtained with the help of both surveys helped us to build a profile of a typical Ukrainian migrant who is sending remittances. The paper’s outcomes contribute to the research literature on migration and remittances and bring some novel insights of migrations in Central and Eastern Europe.

Keywords

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international economics; migration; labour migration; Czech Republic; Ukraine; remittances; migration and development

• Publisher: University Service Publishing, Prague, Czech Republic
• Journal: International Economics Letters
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 2
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 11-23

Contributors

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Ondřej Glazar

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Wadim Strielkowski