CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2014
| Author | Gurcinaite, Viktorija |
|---|---|
| Title | LABOUR FORCE MIGRATION WITHIN EU: ANALYSIS OF PUSH AND PULL FACTORS |
| Summary | This thesis analyses recent intra-EU migration trends and migration policy changes in the European Union. I find that migration policies adopted by separate EU member states in many cases put more focus on the outcomes of the migration process rather than on the changes of the economic incentives behind it. Therefore, the goal of this thesis is to identify key push-pull factors of the intra-EU migration in the period of 2000-2011 by carrying out econometric analysis based on the gravity model. There are four key findings of my empirical study. Firstly, labour market characteristics (average wage and unemployment rate) are statistically significant intra-EU migration drivers. Secondly, the pull factors tend to have higher significance in general intra-EU migration. Thirdly, the findings also suggest that there are significant regional differences in intra-EU migration and push factors tend to be more significant in the migration process from new to old EU member states. Finally, I show that two big shocks in the period of 2000-2011 (EU enlargement and the global financial crisis) made the intra-EU migration process more wage sensitive. Based on the finding I propose policy suggestions that include the ways to improve selective migration. In addition, I suggest keeping a certain level of freedom for regional adjustments when unifying EU migration policies and also improving the labour market supervision for certain countries. |
| Supervisor | Koren Miklos |
| Department | Economics MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2014/gurcinaite_viktorija.pdf |
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