This paper analyses incomes and socioeconomic status of internal migrants over time and in comparison to their new neighbors and investigates whether status consumption is a way for newly arrived city dwellers to signal their social standing. Using a novel dataset from the emerging economy of...

This paper presents the research design and data description of a household survey conducted in Tajikistan in 2011, the Tajikistan Household Panel Survey (THPS). Based on a sample of the 2007 and 2009 Tajikistan Living Standards Measurement Survey (TLSS) administered by the World Bank and...

Internal migration flows in Kazakhstan are of high social and political relevance but political and public attention has primarily been devoted to external movements. This paper presents the main descriptive results of a new household survey on migration and remittances in Kazakhstan which was...

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...

This paper explores migration movements and remittances patterns in Macedonia since independence and studies the migration policy challenges Macedonia will be likely to face after its entry into the EU. Concerning recent migration movements, considerable outflows from Macedonia are found as well...

With the enlargement of the European Union, new bordering countries emerged in the East which are characterized by comparatively low incomes and living standards, incomplete democratization and a number of latent political conflicts. Against this background it can be expected that migrations...

Seit Beginn der neunziger Jahre kommt der Beschäftigung von osteuropäischen Saisonarbeitern insbesondere in der deutschen Landwirtschaft eine Schlüsselrolle zu. Obschon diese auf bilateralen Verträgen beruhende kurzfristige Arbeitsmigration mittlerweile Praxis ist, wurde ihre Bedeutung für...

In recent years labour migration from Central and Eastern Europe has increased, resulting in a comparatively stable and high inflow of remittances into these countries. This briefing explores how the current economic crisis impacts on the development of migration and remittance flows into EU-10...

Die unabhängige Ukraine ist seit einigen Jahren zu einem Sendeland von Arbeitsmigranten geworden. Verantwortlich für die neuen, überwiegend kurzfristigen und zirkulären Wanderungen sind die wirtschaftlichen Probleme im Land. Gestützt auf eine Haushaltsbefragung beleuchtet dieser Bericht,...