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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
Internal Mobility and International Migration in Albania
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| Autores: |
Carletto, Calogero
Davis, Benjamin
Stampini, Marco
Trento, Stefano
Zezza, Alberto
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| Data: |
2005-03-30
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| Ano: |
2004
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| Palavras-chave: |
Migration
Albania
Migration Networks
Remittances
Coping Strategies.
Labor and Human Capital
F22
N34
O15
P2
R23
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| Resumo: |
Using evidence from two recent data sources the 2002 Albania Living Standards Measurement Survey (LSMS) and the 2001 Population Census of Albania the paper documents the phenomena of internal and external migration in Albania, a country that in the past decade has experienced dramatic changes as it makes its transition to a more open market economy. Albania is a country on the move, both internally and internationally. This mobility plays a key role in household-level strategies to cope with the economic hardship of transition and it is perhaps the single most important political, social, and economic phenomenon in post-communist Albania. The order of magnitude of the observed flows is astonishing. Almost one half of all Albanian households have had direct exposure to migration events, either through direct temporary migration of a household member or through their children living abroad. One out of two children who since 1990 no longer live with their parents is now living abroad, primarily in Greece and Italy. For obvious reasons, Greece also remains the preferred destination of temporary migrants, although and despite the higher costs associated with it the shares of Albanians temporarily migrating to Italy and Germany have increased substantially in recent years. The paper also provides a micro level analysis of the households migration decision. The role of household and community characteristics, including relative deprivation and the importance of social networks, in the decision to migrate are assessed.
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| Tipo: |
Working or Discussion Paper
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
15958
http://purl.umn.edu/23797
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| Editor: |
AgEcon Search
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| Relação: |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations>Agricultural and Development Economics Division (ESA)>ESA Working Papers
ESA Working Paper No. 04-13
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| Formato: |
45
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