Costs and Benefits of Labour Mobility between the EU and the Eastern Partnership Partner Countries. Country report: Georgia

Lasha Labadze () and Mirian Tukhashvili

No 463, CASE Network Studies and Analyses from CASE-Center for Social and Economic Research

Abstract: This study provides an analysis of the costs and benefits of emigration for Georgia, with an emphasis on emigration to the EU. In the concluding section we dwell on the consequences of a possible liberalization of EU migration policies with regard to Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries, and how such a policy change would affect the flow and composition of migration from Georgia to the EU. The study estimates the costs and benefits of migration through the prism of recent economics developments in Georgia and in particular the sweeping liberalization reforms of recent years. While Georgia remains a poor country, its geopolitical position as a Western outpost in the Caucasus and Central Asian region, its role as a key trade and transportation hub, the superior quality of its bureaucracy, lack of corruption, etc., provide a very different context for migration processes, turning migration into a circular phenomenon, a major factor in modernizing the Georgian economy, society, and politics. The EU should give due consideration to this phenomenon as it (re)considers its policy on migration with regard to Georgia and, potentially, other EaP countries.

Keywords: Labour Economics; Labour Markets; Labour Mobility; Georgia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D78 F22 F24 I25 J01 J15 J40 J61 J83 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 58
Date: 2013-09
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