Post-Communist Cross-Border Migration in South-Eastern Albania

Who Leaves? Who Stays Behind

Bibliographic Data

ID3645830
AuthorsLisa Arrehag, Orjan Sjoberg (0000-0002-3165-5320, Schlumberger (Ireland), corresponding author), Mirja Sjöblom (0000-0002-0525-8153)
Year2006
Volume32
Issue3
Pages377-402
Publication date2006-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueNew Community (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0047-9586 • E-ISSN: 1469-9451
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13691830600554817
OpenAlexW2029507465
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited25

The opening-up of Albania to the outside world in the early 1990s brought about changes that have had a dramatic effect on society. Emigration has been a major consequence of the fall of communism. An estimated 600,000 or so Albanians are believed to have left the country, many of them permanently. Useful as such a piece of information is, it falls short of the data required to understand the motivations and micro-level consequences of cross-border migration, whether temporary or of a more permanent nature. Why do Albanians leave? Who leaves—and who stays behind? Are there any identifiable trends in the propensity to move, type of movement or the reason why people leave? Several studies have addressed issues such as these, but few (if any) have had the privilege of using survey data that are based on a statistically sound sampling frame. This paper, which is based on a survey conducted in the Korçë district in south-eastern Albania in late 2002 with regional planning ends in mind, adopts the perspective of the sending country and sets out to profile the emigrant from this particular part of the country. Covering 1,315 urban and rural households, a major feature of this survey is that it covers both migrant and non-migrant households. The data are analysed with a view to identifying the correlates of migration. As such, it also serves as a starting point for further work on other aspects of emigration

Communism · Demographic economics · Economics · Emigration · Geography · Left behind · Political science · Politics · Survey data collection · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Psychology · Urbanization and City Planning

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