Modeling Migration Dynamics in Albania : A Hazard Function Approach
Since 1990 migration flows from Albania have been massive, relative to the size of the country and its population, but they have also fluctuated over time. This paper presents and discusses various descriptive trends, mainly in graphical form. The...
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| Format: | Policy Research Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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2012
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| Online Access: | http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090527134341 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4138 |
| Summary: | Since 1990 migration flows from Albania
have been massive, relative to the size of the country and
its population, but they have also fluctuated over time.
This paper presents and discusses various descriptive
trends, mainly in graphical form. The data come from the
Albanian Living Standards Measurement Survey, 2005 round,
and cover the period 1990-2004. The resulting observed
trends reflect changing push and pull factors in Albania and
the two main host countries, Greece and Italy. The paper
also presents a hazard approach to modeling Albanian
emigration and return migration. This analysis highlights,
among other things, the relevance of networks in Albanian
migration dynamics, both to promote emigration and to delay return. |
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