CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2010
| Author | Hardy, Tímea |
|---|---|
| Title | LABOR OUTFLOW FROM THE VISEGRAD COUNTRIES AFTER THE EU ACCESSION |
| Summary | The purpose of the paper is to discuss one of the main features of the European Union membership, the free movement of labor. In 2004 the Visegrad countries - Hungary, Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia - joined the Community (with six other countries) and they should have enjoyed the same rights as the old member states such as the four freedoms, however most of the EU-15 countries imposed labor market restrictions for the new entrants. The paper researched how the labor outflow from the four countries was affected due to the EU accession from 2002 to 2007 and also what are the most important factors in choosing the possible target destinations. By using panel data method with first difference estimator it can be concluded from the results that the EU membership positively affected the migration activity in case of each examined country, however the migration intensity is relatively low. The results also show the GDP per capita and unemployment of the receiving country is the most decisive factors in choosing the target country. |
| Supervisor | Puerta Juan Manuel |
| Department | Economics MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2010/hardy_timea.pdf |
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