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Albanian Emigration: Causes and Consequences

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  • Nevila Konica

    (Hunter College, USA)

  • Randall K. Filer

    (Hunter College, USA)

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Survey evidence establishes the magnitude and determinants of emigration from Albania during the first years of transition. By 1996, between 300,000 and 400,000 Albanians were working abroad. These tended to be young men from large, low-income, rural families and sent more than $800 million back to Albania in remittances in 1996. These remittances increased consumption and living standards and were, along with human capital acquired abroad, important in private sector development. They also had an income effect that served to reduce unemployment in Albania by reducing female labor supply.

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  • 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.
    • Handle: RePEc:seb:journl:v:7:y:2009:i:1:p:75-98
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    Keywords

    Albania; Emigration; Remittances; Labor Supply; Business Formation;
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    JEL classification:

    • P2 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist and Transition Economies
    • J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
    • R23 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population

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