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Economic Factors of Labor Migration Analysis

  • University of Latvia

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Abstract

Population of Latvia is declining every year due to rate of natural decrease and negative rate of net migration indicators [1]. It is a topical issue since it affects stability and growth of the country. The aim is to identify the related economic and social factors that affect emigration in Latvia based on analysis of migration data, and to develop proposals to improve the situation. Authors made a research using scientific literature and statistical data in order to find the most important aspects of global migration and most popular reasons to emigrate from Latvia. This research helped divide many factors of migration according to categories and migrant goals, to further analyze relationships between specific economic factors and migration. The research analyses determining factors of labor migration and there is used statistical analysis methods, including correlation method, which determines the relationship and closeness of various data as well as significance of the data that is analyzed. The analyses identify push and pull factors of migrants. The Latvian workforce is mainly influenced by economic and social factors.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSelected Papers from the 20th International Conference on Reliability and Statistics in Transportation and Communication, RelStat2020, Riga, Latvia
EditorsIgor Kabashkin, Irina Yatskiv, Olegas Prentkovskis
Place of PublicationCham
PublisherSpringer
Pages649-659
Number of pages11
Volume195
ISBN (Print)9783030684754
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Networks and Systems
Volume195
ISSN (Print)2367-3370
ISSN (Electronic)2367-3389

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
    SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities

OECD Field of Science

  • 5.2 Economics and Business

Keywords

  • Correlation analysis
  • Economic factors
  • Emigration
  • Immigration
  • Migration

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