Determinants of Migration to the European Union and Integration Strategies: A Two-Fold Cluster Analysis

NOJA Gratiela Georgiana (), Cristea Mirela and Banaduc Ioana
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NOJA Gratiela Georgiana: Department of Marketing and International Economic Relations, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, West University of Timisoara, East European Center for Research in Economics and Business (ROMANIA)
Cristea Mirela: Department of Finance, Banking and Economic Analysis, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Craiova, Center for Banking and Financial Research (ROMANIA)
Banaduc Ioana: Department of Teacher Training, West University of Timisoara (ROMANIA)

Journal of Economic and Social Development, 2020, vol. 07, issue 01, 01-09

Abstract: Nowadays, Europe is facing a major challenge brought by international migration, through its economic and humanitarian dimensions. This paper is set out to design distinctive immigration clusters for the most important ten migrant host economies within the European Union (EU). The research endeavour is based on two scenarios corresponding to migrants’ decisions and expectations at destination related to economic growth and labour market outcomes. We’ve applied the cluster analysis hinge on the Ward method and Euclidean distance on a balanced panel complied for EU-10 migrant-receiving countries during 2000-2015. Cluster results revealed the prevailing position of Germany as the main host country relative to economic welfare, while the Nordic States (Denmark, Sweden, Finland) were preferred when it comes to employment opportunities. We further outline several feasible mechanisms and appropriate policies for immigrants’ labour market integration, with benefit spill-overs on the sustainable economic development of EU-10 host countries.

Keywords: migration; European strategies; cluster analysis; welfare; labour market outcomes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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