The economics of circular migration

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All circular but different: Variation in patterns of Ukraine‐to‐Poland migration

“…In this respect, gender plus two main groups of individual traits can be identified: migrants' human capital and their family situation or, more broadly, life cycle‐related characteristics. Circular migrants are more often relatively young men (Constant et al, ). They tend to be worse educated than permanent migrants and particularly likely to have vocational education, which can be linked to the high transferability of vocational skills between countries (Constant & Zimmermann, ).…”

The Temporary Nature of Ukrainian Migration: Definitions, Determinants and Consequences

“…Mitchell 1961;Elkan 1959;compare Kaczmarczyk 2002). The list of studies on temporary mobility that supplement earlier studies focusing on permanent migration is already substantial (see for example, Danzer and Dietz 2009;Ács 2010;Constant and Zimmermann 2011;EMN 2011;Constant et al 2013).…”

“…Circular migrants are more often men than women, possess vocational more often than secondary or higher education and have their households located in the sending country (cf. Constant et al 2013).…”

Transnational Aging

“…The result of these tighter migration policies was counterproductive; many guest workers ended up as permanent residents of their new countries, as testified by large-scale family reunification and family formation (Constant et al, 2012). Meanwhile, the direction of labor migration diverted to Southern European countries, characterized by a persistent demand for unskilled workers, especially in the widespread informal economy, but not by legislation on immigration (King, 2002).…”