Z WARSZTATÓW BADAWCZYCH
Labour market security as a category in migration research —
the results of the empirical research
1 1 | Badaczka niezależna
[Independent researcher] |
2 | Instytut Polityki Społecznej, Wydział Nauk Politycznych
i Studiów Międzynarodowych, Uniwersytet Warszawski
[Institute of Social Policy, Faculty of Political Science
and International Studies, University of Warsaw] |
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Maciej Duszczyk
Instytut Polityki Społecznej, Wydział Nauk Politycznych i Studiów Międzynarodowych UW, ul. Nowy Świat 67, 00-927 Warszawa; adres elektroniczny autora: m.duszczyk@uw.edu.pl
Instytut Polityki Społecznej, Wydział Nauk Politycznych i Studiów Międzynarodowych UW, ul. Nowy Świat 67, 00-927 Warszawa; adres elektroniczny autora: m.duszczyk@uw.edu.pl
Publication date: 2020-05-19
Problemy Polityki Społecznej 2018;43:43–64
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ABSTRACT
The text outlines the results of a quantitative and qualitative research project ‘In search of
labour market security. Migration to and from Poland and the attractiveness of the Polish
labour market’. The respondents were: (1) Poles working abroad (in Germany and in
Great Britain), (2) graduates of Polish universities who declare willingness to leave Poland
permanently, and (3) foreigners working in Poland (mainly from Ukraine). The aim was
to check the hypotheses regarding labour market security, the perceived attractiveness
of labour markets and the status of the Polish labour market in Europe. The hypotheses
based on theories (eg. ‘push and pull theory’) and those resulting from migration statistics
were extended with the most important aspects of the respondents’ subjective definitions
of labour market security. The results vary depending on the definition (and on whether
the definition is spontaneous or imposed by researchers), therefore a more precise
measuring of the impact of the labor market security on migration decisions requires
further research. The hypothesis on the semi-peripheral status of the Polish labour market
has been confirmed — it is perceived by Poles abroad as peripheral, but it has features
of the center attractive to economic migrants.
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