5. Post-accession migration from the Baltic states. The case of Latvia

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 5
3. 1. Introduction 7
4. Part I. Studying migration from Central and Eastern Europe. Concepts, dynamics and changing patterns
5. 2. Liquid migration. Dynamic and fluid patterns of post-accession migration flows 21
6. 3. Anatomy of post-accession migration. How to measure ‘liquidity’ and other patterns of post-accession migration flows 41
7. 4. Diverging or converging communities? Stages of international migration from rural Romania 65
8. 5. Post-accession migration from the Baltic states. The case of Latvia 85
9. Part II. Post-accession migration, labour market integration and migration strategies
10. 6. The race for global talent, EU enlargement and the implications for migration policies and processes in European labour markets 113
11. 7. ‘I know that I have a university diploma and I’m working as a driver’. Explaining the EU post-enlargement movement of highly skilled Polish migrant workers to Glasgow 133
12. 8. Transnational social networks, human capital and economic resources of Polish immigrants in Scotland 155
13. 9. Why do highly educated migrants go for low-skilled jobs? A case study of Polish graduates working in London 169
14. 10. Changes in tertiary education and student mobility in Hungary 191
15. Part III. Return migration
16. 11. Understanding the counter-flow. Theoretical and methodological aspects in studying remigration processes after EU expansion 217
17. 12. Regional selectivity of return migration. The locational choice of high-skilled return migrants in Poland 237
18. 13. Translators of knowledge? Labour market positioning of young Poles returning from studies abroad in Germany 259
19. 14 Ready to move. Liquid return to Poland 277
20. 15. Concluding remarks 309
21. Contributors 325
22. Other IMISCOE Research titles 329