ROMANIAN MIGRATION FLOWS IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES: DOES SOCIAL SECURITY MATTER?

Cosmin Enache () and Ciprian Pânzaru
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Ciprian Panzaru and Panzaru Stelian

Annales Universitatis Apulensis Series Oeconomica, 2012, vol. 2, issue 14, 17

Abstract: In last decades, the globalization process and the removal of barriers on international circulation of persons inside the European Union fostered an increase in migration from Romania towards other European countries. Using a panel framework, our estimates showed that both push and pull factors are entering in the decision function of a Romanian migrant when it comes to choose the destination country. Economic conditions in the destination countries proxied by the level of income per capita and the employment rate are particularly associated with increased migration flows. Also, life expectancy seems to be a significant pull factor. Not least, we also questioned the welfare state as a potential input in the migration decision function. Our findings indicated that only family and childcare support public expenditures are positively associated with migration flows.

Keywords: Migration; Social Security; Panel Data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C23 F22 H53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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