Labour migration and economic development in Guangdong, China : implications for labour mobility

1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhongling Xu
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Labour Migration ◽  
Labour Mobility

The Senegal–Mauritania Conflict of 1989: a Fragile Equilibrium

1991 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 155-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ron Parker
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Labour Migration

Though the issues of the 1989 Senegal–Mauritania conflict were deep-rooted, the unexpected passions unleashed within the respective populations caught both Governments off-guard, leading to a total stand-off and the failure of all attempts at resolution. This occured among states which previously had experienced peaceful relations, were making progress in joint economic development efforts, and whose markets were intertwined through trade and labour migration.

How posting shapes a hybrid single European labour market

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ninke Mussche ◽  
Vincent Corluy ◽  
Ive Marx
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Free Movement ◽  
Labour Migration ◽  
Labour Mobility ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Policy Goals ◽  
Term Labour

Some scholars argue that intra-EU labour migration improves the allocation of human capital in Europe and that labour mobility is still too low to constitute a single European labour market. Others insist that free movement of labour and services makes employment more precarious and causes wage dumping. Less attention has been given to the origins, destinations and nature of flows of posted workers, partly because data on posting are scarce. We aim to fill this gap by exploring unique posting data for Belgium. We argue that while the free movement of labour and a single European labour market have been policy goals for decades, it is the free movement of services that is shaping a hybrid single European labour market, since high levels of short-term service mobility are more significant than long-term labour migration. This is as much a phenomenon of intra-EU15 mobility as of post-accession mobility, and is set to remain more prevalent than classic free movement of labour.

scholarly journals Mobility and working opportunities in the EU and Slovakia

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-115
Author(s):  
Ľubica Bajzíková ◽  
Peter Bajzik
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Labour Mobility ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Foreign Labour ◽  
Characteristic Features ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Eu

Current globalisation processes witness the mobility and migration of labour as their characteristic features. The free movement of people and workers is one of the rights of citizens of the European Union (EU), and includes the right to move, to reside and to work in an EU member state without discrimination. The aim of this paper is to analyse the labour mobility within the EU with special attention to Slovakia. In its historical development, Slovakia belonged to countries with population migrating predominantly to foreign countries and was not a traditional destination country for migrants. However, today it has gradually become a state that employs foreign labour, especially in production plants. This change has not only been contributed to by Slovakia’s accession to the EU, but especially by the economic development of the state and the creation of new job opportunities for both domestic and foreign labour. The study analyses the intra-mobility in Slovakia and focuses on analysis of the trends in employment of foreign workers from EU and non-EU member states between 2007 and 2019. For the purposes of this paper, data were extracted from a relatively large number of prominent sources, for example: the European Commission, Eurostat, and the International Labour Organization (ILO) reports, and the Slovak Statistical Office resources related to labour mobility. In the desk research, the collected information were analysed and subjected to critical multidimensional assessment from quantitative, absolute, and relative, as well as cross-sectional perspectives. Special attention was paid to analysis of documentation that accompanied these data. The significance of the examined topic is underlined by the fact that Slovakia is currently a recipient of foreign labour due to insufficient qualification of domestic labour. It therefore introduces new legislative measures to speed up the employment process, remove administrative barriers and, in cooperation with employers, accelerate the process of adaptation to new work-related conditions, especially for workers from non-EU countries. In addition, employment of third-country nationals in Slovakia is a relatively demanding and lengthy process. On the one hand, the employment of foreigners contributes to economic development. On the other hand, this process stirs various problems, which are mainly related to cultural and social integration, and the removal of which cannot be achieved only through the legal regulations.

scholarly journals Labour Immigration During the Coronavirus Pandemic and its Consequences in the Socioeconomic Development of Modern Russia

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-31
Author(s):  
Evgeny Krasinets
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Development ◽  
Active Phase ◽  
Labour Migration ◽  
Foreign Workers ◽  
Migration Behavior ◽  
Domestic Economy ◽  
Labour Mobility ◽  
Foreign Labour ◽  
Labour Immigration ◽  
The Impact

The article is devoted to the analysis of trends and directions of the development of international labour migration in modern Russia. The focus of the work is trends, transformations and the consequences of attracting and using foreign labour in the national economy in the context of overcoming the consequences of the crisis associated with the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic. The main content of the article, its theoretical and empirical provisions include: (i) study of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the transformation of labour immigration; (ii) identifying and disclosing the socioeconomic impact of international labour mobility before and during the coronavirus pandemic; (iii) consideration of the impact of the pandemic on the situation and migration behavior of labour migrants; (iv) discussion of the problems of regulating labour migration after the end of the active phase of combating the coronavirus epidemic. Based on the use of statistical methods and the results of sample sociological studies, an attempt is made to show what is happening in the country today with international labour mobility, its pros and cons in the development of the domestic economy. The article defines and describes the main features of labour immigration. The impact of the coronavirus epidemic on the processes of interaction between states in the field of international labour exchange is considered. The contradictory effects of the inflow and outflow of foreign workers on the functioning of the national labour market are analyzed. Estimates are given to the consequences of the epidemic's impact on the employment of migrants and their redistribution into the shadow economy. The features of the migration behavior of foreign workers are revealed. It is shown that in their migration intentions there is a fairly large number of those who are not going to leave and do not think to leave the country in the near future. Special attention is paid to the problems of regulation of external labour migration. Answers are given to fundamental questions about how the state the migration policy can and should change in the field of attracting and using foreign labour during the post-pandemic recovery of the domestic economy.

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