Corruption as a Driver of Migration Aspirations : the Case of Ukraine

• Autorzy: Iryna Lapshyna
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

This paper explores the corruptionmigration aspirations nexus in Ukraine. The article demonstrates that corruption continues to pervade all levels of Ukraine's political and socio-economic system, and provides evidence from the findings of EUMAGINE project. The study reveals robust evidence that apart from the traditional migration driver - income differentials between source and destination countries - corruption is also a driver of migration aspirations. In summary, our analysis draws attention to the fact that Ukraine does not only suffer from a broad variety of negative externalities, diverse institutional inefficiencies and structural problems, but may also lose - as a consequence of the negative socioeconomic and political effects of corruption - the human capital necessary for sustainable economic development. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Corruption; Migration; Human capital; Sustainable development

PL

Korupcja; Migracja; Kapitał ludzki; Rozwój zrównoważony

• Czasopismo: Economics & Sociology
• Rocznik: 2014
• Tom: 7
• Numer: nr 4
• Strony: 113--127

Twórcy

autor

Iryna Lapshyna

• Lviv Academy of Commerce, Ukraine

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Identyfikatory

DOI

10.14254/2071-789X.2014/7-4/8