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https://doi.org/10.1080/1331677X.2018.1516154
The effect of emigration on unemployment rates: the case of EU emigrant countries
Lorena Škuflić
orcid.org/0000-0002-5438-0665
; Department of Economic Theory, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Valentina Vučković
; Department of Economic Theory, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Sažetak
This paper analyses the effects of emigration on emigrant
countries’ unemployment rates (short-term effect) in selected EU
emigrant countries. The panel data analysis (fixed-effects model)
covers the period from 2004 to 2015, and a total of nine EU
countries: Bulgaria; Estonia; Greece; Croatia; Latvia; Lithuania;
Poland; Portugal; and Romania. The obtained results show that
emigration increases the unemployment rate in emigrant countries confirming that, besides generally expected positive effects
in terms of a fall in unemployment, emigration could also have
an adverse effect on emigrant countries’ labour markets. Such
results point to structural issues in the labour market caused by
emigration, i.e., an increase in the labour supply and demand mismatch, which is discussed in the paper through the descriptive
analysis of Job Vacancy Rate (JVR) data.
Ključne riječi
emigration; unemployment; European Union
Hrčak ID:
217015
URI
Datum izdavanja:
3.12.2018.
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