Greek doctors during the Covid-19 pandemic

Transnational migration or stasis

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ID6173746
AuthorsAndreas Gkolfinopoulos (0000-0001-9283-0834, University of Cologne, corresponding author), Sascha Krannich (0000-0001-5115-2088, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen)
Year2022
Volume6
Issue1
Pages27-42
Publication date2022-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueTransitions Journal of Transient Migration (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2397-7159 • E-ISSN: 2397-7140
PublisherIntellect (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1386/tjtm_00041_1
OpenAlexW4313549389
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited16

In this article, we investigated how the pandemic actually influenced decisions of migration/mobility of highly skilled EU migrants. We took a closer look at physicians in Greece and Germany, because they can be seen as a very mobile migrant group, which is highly demanded by the labour market of the health industry as doctors in hospitals, clinics or universities in both countries and beyond. Based on the opposed theoretical concepts of ‘transnational mobility or migration’ and ‘stasis,’ we conducted in-depth interviews with selected Greek doctors before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results of this study indicate that the pandemic has mainly had little impact on the migration/mobility of interviewed Greek doctors. Rather, economic demand on the health market seems to be more important than the impact of the pandemic on mobility, long-term migration or stasis

Business · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Demographic economics · Economics · Pandemic · Political science · Global Health Workforce Issues · Medicine · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Health and Trauma

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