This paper investigates patterns and determinants of temporary labour migration in Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova … and Ukraine after EU enlargement in 2004. Migration incidence, destination choices and migration determinants differ … between poorer and better-off countries. Although broadly in line with general results from the migration literature, we …

A framework that yields different possible patterns of migration as optimal solutions to a simple utility maximization … problem is presented and explored. It is shown that seasonal migration arises as an optimal endogenous response to a …-long migration is feasible. …

This paper investigates patterns and determinants of temporary labour migration in Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova … and Ukraine after EU enlargement in 2004. Migration incidence, destination choices and migration determinants differ … between poorer and better-off countries. Although broadly in line with general results from the migration literature, we …

This paper investigates patterns and determinants of temporary labour migration in Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova … and Ukraine after EU enlargement in 2004. Migration incidence, destination choices and migration determinants differ … between poorer and better-off countries. Although broadly in line with general results from the migration literature, we …

A framework that yields different possible patterns of migration as optimal solutions to a simple utility maximization … problem is presented and explored. It is shown that seasonal migration arises as an optimal endogenous response to a …-long migration is feasible. -- Seasonal migration ; Optimal types of migration ; Cost of living differential ; Cost of separation …

This paper investigates patterns and determinants of temporary labour migration in Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova … and Ukraine after EU enlargement in 2004. Migration incidence, destination choices and migration determinants differ … between poorer and better-off countries. Although broadly in line with general results from the migration literature, we …

Governments across the globe are progressively becoming aware of the increasing significance of international migration … migration bring to originating countries. Zimbabweans abroad do sent money and goods back to their country of origin, and these …

This paper investigates patterns and determinants of temporary labour migration in Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova … and Ukraine after EU enlargement in 2004. Migration incidence, destination choices and migration determinants differ … between poorer and better-off countries. Although broadly in line with general results from the migration literature, we …

central planning to a market economy. I show that the intensity of migration is low and even has fallen during the transition … facilitating labormarket adjustment to employment shocks. Using aggregate inter-regional migration data and survey data on past and … prospective migration and the willingness to move. I find that economic factor play little role in explaining migration patterns …

Does migration facilitate regional adjustment to idiosyncratic shocks? The evidence from post-communist economies … indicates that the efficacy of migration in reducing inter-regional unemployment and wage differentials has in fact been rather … low. High wages appear to encourage, and, similarly, high unemployment tends to discourage, overall migration - inbound …