IMPACT OF KEY SOCIO-ECONOMIC DISPARITIES ON MIGRATION IN SLOVAKIA: ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION VS. TRADITIONAL PATTERN

摘要

Slovak society has gone through an important phase of development in the last two decades, involving significant changes in all spheres of life. One of the measures of labor market flexibility - geographical mobility of the labour force - was analysed in this study. On the basis of two key determinants of migration (unemployment and wages) in Slovak regions, an attempt was made to estimate whether regional unemployment rates and wages determine the willingness of the population to move in search of jobs. In Slovakia, as in other economies in transition, the rate of geographical mobility of labor in the studied period dropped or stagnated while the regional disparities increased.