The effect of emigration on unemployment rates: the case of EU emigrant countries

Škuflić, Lorena; Vučković, Valentina

doi:10.1080/1331677x.2018.1516154

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“…It can be argued displacement is the outcome of the mixture of exposure, vulnerability and the intensity of the slow-onset events. Societies that are characterized by the same level of exposure due to their specific geographical position in hazard-prone areas and their exposure to geological and hydro-meteorological hazards and climate change may be characterized by diverse vulnerabilities specific to their economic, social and environmental challenges [61][62][63][64][65][66][67]. Vulnerable people have the smallest opportunities to adapt locally or to migrate away from risk and, while moving, often behave this way as a last possibility.…”

Section: Sudden-and Slow-onset Events: Contribution To Displacement Riskmentioning

confidence: 99%

Nexus between Climate Change, Displacement and Conflict: Afghanistan Case

Přívara

Přívarová

2019

Sustainability

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The character, the motion and the proportion of environment-induced migration have radically changed in recent years. Environment-induced migration is an increasingly recognized fact and has become one of the main challenges of the 21st century, and needs to be focused on to ensure sustainable growth. This new stance is due to the changing character of environmental degradation. Global environmental issues, including climate change, loss of biodiversity, river and oceanic contamination, land degradation, drought, and the destruction of rainforests, are progressively stressing the earth’s ecosystems. Among these issues, climate change is one of the most severe threats. Climate change alone does not directly induce people to move but it generates harmful environmental effects and worsens present vulnerabilities. The current study aims to provide cornerstone links between the effects of climate change, migration decisions, displacement risk and conflicts in the example of Afghanistan, as a country that is extremely affected by both climate change and conflicts, and outline priority policy focuses to mitigate the current situation in the country.

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Section: Sudden-and Slow-onset Events: Contribution To Displacement Riskmentioning

confidence: 99%

Nexus between Climate Change, Displacement and Conflict: Afghanistan Case

Přívara

Přívarová

2019

Sustainability

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“…with skilled low-cost labour in high demand in the western parts of the EU's common labour market. This development was accompanied by a slight increase in wages for medium-skilled workers in Poland, being the group with the largest relative outmigration rates (Dustmann et al, 2015;Brandt & Sicari, 2016;Škuflić & Vučković, 2018). In 2004, Poland had a considerable surplus of labour in construction.…”

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Exit, Voice or Loyalty? VET Stakeholders’ Response to Large Scale Skilled Emigration From Poland

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Dębowski

2020

IJRVET

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Context: The topic of this paper is how mass emigration of skilled workers affects national policies, and employers’ willingness to invest in Vocational Education and Training (VET) in Poland. In the wake of EU enlargement in 2004, Poland became one of the biggest sending countries for skilled labour to Western European countries. These massive outflows of skilled labour, not compensated by adequate inflows of equally skilled workers, have led to serious skills shortages, especially in the construction sector. The paper investigates whether emigration and immigration constitute a driving force for institutional change of the Polish VET system, by analysing policy development and the attitudes of VET stakeholders towards contributing to VET.Approach: The paper focuses on the emigration of skilled construction workers in Poland. Drawing on Hirschman’s (1970) framework, when faced with massive skills deficits construction companies are confronted with different options: i) withdraw from the VET system and find other training and recruitment options (exit), ii) attempt to improve conditions by turning to policy makers (voice), and/or iii) remain loyal to the VET system. The analysis is based on an interview study of decision makers responsible for VET policies, employers, chamber of Craft and trade unions, principals of vocational schools, teachers and representatives of regional examination boards.Findings: After years of inattention, VET has been regaining a strong position in national policies. We find that construction companies are mostly more willing now, compared to 5 years ago, to take on learners for practical training and to contribute to improving school equipment. The study showed that one of the most significant obstacles to employers investing in the training of VET learners is the fear of losing a young skilled employee through emigration. Yet, dependent on skilled labour, employers of big construction companies saw no other option than to continue investing in training young learners. However, smaller companies seeking the short-term benefits of employing low-cost labour are less interested in investing in VET.Conclusion: Despite a range of recent policy actions and legislative efforts, several major challenges in the Polish VET system remain unresolved. Continued effort to institutionalise and enhance dialogue between the education system and the labour market appears as the most pressing need. It is currently too early to determine the degree of "institutional stickiness" of the activities observed on the policy level and among employers regarding their increased interest in VET as a response to mass skilled emigration.

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“…no qualification or unrecognised/less than A level qualifications. As suggested by the literature, some qualifications may not be recognised in Britain or these movers may not have identified a matching qualification for their home country qualifications (De La Peña Esteban and Peña-Miguel, 2018; Deskar-Škrbić, Drezgić, and Šimović, 2018; Klamár and Gavaľová, 2018;Rehák and Dudová, 2018;Škuflić and Vučković, 2018). Another plausible reason can be self-selectivity -i.e.…”

Section: The A3 Migrant Workers' Position In the Labour Market In Brimentioning

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Labour Market Disadvantages Faced by Migrant Workers from Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia in Britain

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Rievajová²,

Yüceşahin

2019

Migrat. Lett.

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Britain saw, between 2004 and 2014, a large number of movers arriving from the new member states of the European Union in Eastern Europe. Polish movers, being the largest national group, received much attention from academia, media and the wider public. Nevertheless, the movers from smaller nations, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia, the A3 countries, have been overlooked. This article explores the labour market outcomes in relation to qualifications for migrant workers from these three countries in Britain. Our analysis is based on the 2012 Annual Population Survey data. Findings show that there were significant differences indicating possible disadvantages and discrimination faced by these migrant workers. Over-qualification was relatively high among the movers from the three selected countries.

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The effect of emigration on unemployment rates: the case of EU emigrant countries

Cited by 27 publications

References 7 publications

Nexus between Climate Change, Displacement and Conflict: Afghanistan Case

Nexus between Climate Change, Displacement and Conflict: Afghanistan Case

Exit, Voice or Loyalty? VET Stakeholders’ Response to Large Scale Skilled Emigration From Poland

Labour Market Disadvantages Faced by Migrant Workers from Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia in Britain

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