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Migration to Greece from the Balkans

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  • Jennifer Cavounidis

    (Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece
    Employment Observatory Research Informatics, Greece)

Abstract

In recent decades, Greece has been transformed from a sender to a receiver of migrants. This transformation is here examined with respect to historical background, theoretical framework and policy framework. While large-scale migration to Greece from the Balkans commenced only at the end of the 1980's, today the source countries of Albania, Bulgaria and Romania account for the vast majority of migrants in Greece. Newly available data allow examination of the characteristics of migrants from these countries and the recognition of important differences by nationality and gender in areas such as gender, age, marital status, the "family composition" of migration, the move to Greece and informal networks, occupations of employment, remittance behaviour, and intended length of stay.

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  • Jennifer Cavounidis, 2004. "Migration to Greece from the Balkans," South-Eastern Europe Journal of Economics, Association of Economic Universities of South and Eastern Europe and the Black Sea Region, vol. 2(2), pages 35-59.
    • Handle: RePEc:seb:journl:v:2:y:2004:i:2:p:35-59
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    1. Nevila Konica & Randall K. Filer, 2009. "Albanian Emigration: Causes and Consequences," South-Eastern Europe Journal of Economics, Association of Economic Universities of South and Eastern Europe and the Black Sea Region, vol. 7(1), pages 75-98.

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    Keywords

    Migration; Balkans; Greece; Albania; Bulgaria; Romania;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination

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