Doctoral Dissertation Research: Emigration of Young Professionals in Polish Cities

博士论文研究：波兰城市年轻专业人员的移民

• 批准号: 0726709
• 负责人: Susan Hanson
• 金额: $ 1.2万
• 依托单位: Clark University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-08-01 至 2009-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0726709&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Emigration; Young

In May 2007 Poland and seven other European countries joined the European Union and gained free access to the labor market in several EU countries. As a result, about 700,000 people have left Poland to look for jobs in the United Kingdom. This doctoral dissertation research project will explore how urban quality of life and characteristics of the local labor market shape motivations to migrate and are differently evaluated by men and women and how the migration of skilled professionals affects urban economies in Poland. In the first part of the project, the doctoral candidate will investigate what characteristics of cities in Poland motivated young, educated professionals to emigrate. Most current research that deals with motivations for migration focuses either on individual economic reasons or on disparities in economic development on the national level, but in this project, the student will focus specifically on the urban-level factors that encourage young people to migrate. She also will investigate gender differences in migration motivations. The second part of the project will focus on how the emigration of young professionals has affected the economy and social cohesion of select Polish cities. Semi-structured interviews and focus-group discussions with migrants will provide information about how the urban environment motivates men and women to migrate to the UK. The impact of emigration on the cities of origin will be investigated through interviews with key-informants in Polish municipal governments and through a survey of companies in the selected Polish cities.The proposed research will increase understanding about the ongoing integration of European labor markets. Because several countries have legislated incentives for professional migration, the mobility of young professionals is increasing across the European Union. This study will provide new insights regarding the urban-level causes that underlie this migration and the consequences of migration for cities in the sending countries. Cities all around the world are competing for skilled labor, so urban leaders need to understand how the negative characteristics of urban environments encourage emigration of skilled citizens. Understanding the causes of emigration will provide guidelines for making cities more attractive for skilled, educated professionals. The study also will address gaps in the literature with regard to the gendered experience of the urban environment and its impact on men's and women's migration decisions. As a Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement award, this award also will provide support to enable a promising student to establish a strong independent research career.

2007年5月，波兰和其他七个欧洲国家加入了欧盟，并在几个欧盟国家获得了劳动力市场的自由机会。 结果，约有70万人离开波兰在英国寻找工作。 该博士学位论文研究项目将探讨当地劳动力市场塑造迁移动机的城市生活质量和特征如何受到男性和女人的不同评估，以及熟练专业人士的迁移如何影响波兰的城市经济。 在该项目的第一部分中，博士候选人将调查波兰有动力的年轻，受过教育的专业人员移民的城市的特征。 涉及移民动机的大多数研究都集中在国家一级的个人经济原因或经济发展的差异上，但是在该项目中，学生将专门关注鼓励年轻人移民的城市水平因素。 她还将调查移民动机中的性别差异。 该项目的第二部分将重点关注年轻专业人士的移民如何影响波兰城市的经济和社会凝聚力。 半结构化的访谈和与移民的重点组讨论将提供有关城市环境如何激励男女移民英国的信息。 移民对原产地城市的影响将通过对波兰市政府中的密钥信息和对波兰选定城市中公司的调查进行调查。拟议的研究将增加对欧洲劳动力市场持续融合的理解。 由于几个国家已立法进行专业移民的激励措施，因此欧盟的年轻专业人士的流动性正在增加。 这项研究将提供有关这一移民的基础的城市级别原因的新见解以及派遣国家对城市的迁移后果。 世界各地的城市都在争夺熟练的劳动，因此城市领导人需要了解城市环境的负面特征如何鼓励熟练公民的移民。 了解移民的原因将为城市对熟练的，受过教育的专业人员更具吸引力提供指南。 这项研究还将解决文献中关于城市环境的性别经验及其对男女移民决定的影响的差距。 作为博士学位论文研究改进奖，该奖项还将提供支持，使有前途的学生能够建立强大的独立研究职业。