Labor Market Laws and intra-European Migration: The Role of the State in Shaping Destination Choices

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10680-015-9341-5" target="_blank" >http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10680-015-9341-5</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10680-015-9341-5" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10680-015-9341-5</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Labor Market Laws and intra-European Migration: The Role of the State in Shaping Destination Choices

Original language description

This article investigates the relationship between migrants' destination choices and the formal labor market access afforded by multiple potential host countries in the context of the EU's eastward enlargement. We use an index of labor market access lawscombined with data on migration from new EU member states into the existing states of the EU and EFTA from 2004 through 2010 to test whether (1) migrants are attracted to destinations that give them greater formal labor market access, (2) migration flows to any given destination are influenced by the labor market policies of competing destinations, and (3) the influence of labor market laws on migrant flows is mediated by social networks, language ability, and educational level. Our data support the first two propositions and partly support the third: Migration between origin/destination pairs was positively associated with the loosening of destination labor market restrictions, while negatively associated with the loosening of competi

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AO - Sociology, demography

OECD FORD branch

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Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2015

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

European Journal of Population

ISSN

0168-6577

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

31

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

27

Pages from-to

127-153

UT code for WoS article

000353293800002

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-84937759060