Modeling the Impact of Religion on Migration and Labor Mobility: the Case of European Union 27

To analyze the impact that religion has on migration and labor mobility, were selected the 27 EU countries and the working hypothesis is assumed: H: Increase in net migration and mobility, in terms of a positive balance, is even greater as the states have a predominantly Protestant or Catholic religion and vice versa. For religious variable was constructed a dummy variable (R), which has value 1 if the predominant religion in the state orthodoxy, and 0 if the state is the dominant religion in Protestantism and Catholicism. It is noted that the European countries considered, the overall sample, a 1 point increase in variable R causes a decrease in net migration balance, ie a net increase in mobility. Hypothesis H is confirmed by both models considered, except factor uncertainty. These issues illustrate that: - In the EU27, the variable of religion is an important factor in increasing migration and labor mobility; - Orthodoxy has a negative effect on net migration and vice versa, and a net simulative effect on mobility and vice versa. Consequently, we believe that: a. U.E. 27 Orthodox countries are not major destinations for migrants, they are reserved to the states with a dominant Catholic or Protestant b. U.E. 27 countries with dominant Orthodox religion have the incentive to attract labor from the Community.