Inflow of migrants and outflow of investment: Aspects of interdependence between Greece and the Balkans

Labrianidis, Lois; Lyberaki, Antigone; Tinios, Platon; Hatziprokopiou, Panos

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“…As Labrianidis et al (2004) point out, in line with the predictions of standard factor mobility models, during the 1990s Greece experienced two distinct trends, which are the two sides of the same coin. On the one hand, there were large inflows of immigrants mostly from neighbouring Balkan countries and, on the other hand,…”

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“…What is also interesting is that Greek FDI seems to be the result of a strategic business decision, with a long-29 term time horizon, and is systematically spread across numerous countries and sectors of economic activity (Bastian, 2004). Labrianidis et al (2004) trace the source of this phenomenon as well as the employment of immigrants by small firms in Greece on the effort of small Greek firms to deal with international competition by relying on labour intensive strategies either by using cheap labour supplied by (mainly Balkan) immigrants in Greece, or by exploiting lower labour cost available in the same Balkan countries, thus by investing abroad. They are quite ambivalent regarding the final outcome of this strategy in the sense that these inter-related phenomena can prove either a blessing or a Pandora's Box for the economies and societies of the countries involved.…”

Section: Foreign Direct Investmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The economic impact of immigration in Greece: taking stock of the existing evidence

Cholezas

Τσακλόγλου

2009

Southeast European and Black Sea Studies

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. The Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in Bonn is a local and virtual international research center and a place of communication between science, politics and business. IZA is an independent nonprofit organization supported by Deutsche Post World Net. The center is associated with the University of Bonn and offers a stimulating research environment through its international network, workshops and conferences, data service, project support, research visits and doctoral program. IZA engages in (i) original and internationally competitive research in all fields of labor economics, (ii) development of policy concepts, and (iii) dissemination of research results and concepts to the interested public. Terms of use: Documents in The Economic Impact of Immigration in Greece: Taking Stock of the Existing Evidence Ioannis Cholezas Panos Tsakloglou D I S C U S S I O N P A P E R S E R I E SIZA Discussion Papers often represent preliminary work and are circulated to encourage discussion. Citation of such a paper should account for its provisional character. A revised version may be available directly from the author. Greece was traditionally an emigration country. However, since the early 1990s it became an immigrant destination and nowadays up to a tenth of the population are immigrants, mainly from neighbouring Balkan countries and, especially, Albania. This large scale immigration within a short time period had important social, as well as, economic consequences. The paper reviews the existing evidence and concludes that on average the economic effects of immigration were beneficial, although their distributional consequences were adverse. Greek immigration policy was haphazard and more efforts are needed in order to integrate the immigrants in the economic and social fabric of the country.JEL Classification: F22

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The economic impact of immigration in Greece: taking stock of the existing evidence

Cholezas

Τσακλόγλου

2009

Southeast European and Black Sea Studies

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“…The majority of Greek investment projects are commercial enterprises and industrial plants, with a small but significant presence of service companies (Labrianidis 2000). Although there are numerous investors, the bulk of capital is owned by ten companies only, which account for about 64 per cent of total Greek investments in Balkan countries, while more than half of the total capital is invested by a few publicly owned firms, with Greek Telecom (OTE) having 46 per cent on its own (Labrianidis et al 2004). We have thus two kinds of FDI: in terms of volume, a few large companies with high-value investment dominate; in terms of numbers, the typical small Greek enterprise prevails.…”

Section: Greece In Southern Europe and The Balkan Dimensionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…in the post-1989 East-West context, with massive clandestine waves of migrants from Albania. At the same time, it underwent another important shift: from a net receiver of FDI it became a net exporter of capital, with the Balkans being the privileged destination of direct investment abroad (Labrianidis et al 2004). Factors such as the pursuit of cheap labour and natural resources, the avoidance of tariff impediments, the issue of geographic and cultural proximity and the presence of ethnic Greek communities, the 'virginity' of the local markets and the initial hesitation of large multinationals contributed significantly in attracting Greeks to invest in the Balkans.…”

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Globalisation, Migration and Socio-Economic Change in Contemporary Greece : Processes of Social Incorporation of Balkan Immigrants in Thessaloniki

Hatziprokopiou¹

2006

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IMISCOE is a European Commission-funded Network of Excellence of more than 350 scientists from various research institutes that specialise in migration and integration issues in Europe. These researchers, who come from all branches of the economic and social sciences, the humanities and law, implement an integrated, multidisciplinary and internationally comparative research program that focuses on Europe's migration and integration challenges.Within the program, existing research is integrated and new research lines are developed that involve issues crucial to European-level policy-making and provide a theory-based design to implement new research.The publication program of IMISCOE is based on five distinct publication profiles, designed to make its research and results available to scientists, policymakers and the public at large. High-quality manuscripts written by IMISCOE members, or in cooperation with IMISCOE All rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this book may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the written permission of both the copyright owner and the author of the book. Summary of thesisThe study examines issues surrounding the social incorporation of immigrants in Greece, focusing on a particular city, Thessaloniki, and on two migrant groups, Albanians and Bulgarians. The research is set within the debates about migration and globalisation, and more specifically within the regional context of Balkan transnational migration. The thesis is the outcome of fieldwork research that involved structured questionnaires, in-depth interviews, background sources and systematic observation. It addresses the factors shaping immigrants' lives through combined methodologies and an interdisciplinary approach that goes beyond oversimplifying accounts of exclusion-inclusion; rather, these are seen as dynamic processes connected to the wider social reality. The concept of incorporation is employed in order to analyse both the ways by which migrants organise their lives in the host society and the structural, institutional and cultural contexts that condition them. The analytical framework distinguishes between several interrelated modes of incorporation: social/political responses; labourmarket integration; living conditions and social space; coping strategies and community formation. A number of additional factors are also considered: the composition of the migrant populations; migratory patterns and dynamics; the role of social networks; issues of access; and questions of identity. The findings provide an empirical account of the immigrants' characteristics, uncovering a high degree of heterogeneity that unavoidably determines incorporation patterns. 'Immigrants' become a social category constructed on the basis of the exclusionary mechanisms: the restrictive immigration policy, the spread of xenophobic attitudes, and the par...

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“…Mobility is a key to the solution of their competitive problems, not only in the form of labour flows in Greece, which they can employ cheaply and flexibly at home, but also because many companies move to the neighbouring Balkan countries, where they can exploit at even more profitable conditions the local labour force. As mentioned in the introductory section, this is the dominant type of entrepreneurial behaviour among Greek companies investing in Balkan countries (Labrianidis et al, 2004). In that sense, the Balkans constitute a "pool" of cheap labour force which can satisfy the demands of a section of Greek small capital either domestically (immigration), or abroad (FDI).…”

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Inflow of migrants and outflow of investment: Aspects of interdependence between Greece and the Balkans

Cited by 35 publications

References 13 publications

The economic impact of immigration in Greece: taking stock of the existing evidence

The economic impact of immigration in Greece: taking stock of the existing evidence

Globalisation, Migration and Socio-Economic Change in Contemporary Greece : Processes of Social Incorporation of Balkan Immigrants in Thessaloniki

Immigrants from Balkan countries in Greece: local and transnational processes of incorporation in Thessaloniki

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