CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2025
| Author | Hancharonak, Aliaksandr |
|---|---|
| Title | Faster or Better? How Ukrainian Migrants Navigate Trade-offs in the Polish Labor Market |
| Summary | Traditional approaches to measuring migrant integration success rely on single metrics, failing to capture the complex trade-offs skilled forced migrants face between competing integration objectives. This study examines how Ukrainian migrants in Poland navigate these trade-offs following the 2022 Russian invasion. Using survey data from 306 highly educated Ukrainian migrants, the research employs a three-outcome analytical framework examining career preservation, employment status, and time to satisfactory employment through logistic regression and Cox proportional hazards models. The analysis reveals fundamental integration paradoxes: higher education creates competing effects where doctoral degree holders are 30 times more likely to preserve their careers but experience 69\% slower employment acquisition compared to those with secondary education. Job search strategies show outcome-specific effectivenes---volunteering increases career preservation odds five-fold but reduces basic employment odds by 74\%, while searching through friends devastates career preservation chances. Gender barriers operate primarily at labor market entry, with women facing 57\% lower employment odds but showing no differences in career preservation. The findings demonstrate that integration success cannot be captured through any single metric, as factors facilitating one dimension often actively hinder others, requiring differentiated support strategies that acknowledge migrants' strategic calculations between immediate survival needs and long-term professional aspirations. |
| Supervisor | Zsófia Bárány |
| Department | Economics MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2025/hancharonak_aliaksan.pdf |
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