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Foreign labour in agricultural sectors of some EU countries

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  • Siudek, Tomasz
  • Zawojska, Aldona

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The majority of studies on rural migration in the EU have tended to focus rather on the scale and implications of exodus from rural societies than on rural areas as receivers of migrants, especially foreign ones. This research examines the foreign employment in the agricultural sectors of the selected countries as well as ‘pull’ and ‘push’ factors of foreign labour supply. It presents both positive and negative views on the process of rising inflow of foreign workers into rural areas that leads or can lead to reshaping the rural job markets, economies and communities. The theoretical background lies in economic, social and integrated theories and concepts of migration (political economy of migration, dual labour market theory, network theories, human capital models, relative deprivation theory etc.). The study is mainly devoted to migrant agricultural workers from Poland (being the largest source of post-accession migrants) in the UK (being second, after Germany, the most popular migrant destination for Polish-born citizens).

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  • Siudek, Tomasz & Zawojska, Aldona, 2016. "Foreign labour in agricultural sectors of some EU countries," 160th Seminar, December 1-2, 2016, Warsaw, Poland 249797, European Association of Agricultural Economists.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:eaa160:249797
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.249797
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