Original article Labor and Demographic Economics

THE IMPACT OF EMIGRATION ON THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF BULGARIA

Iskra Beleva - Economic Research Institute аt BAS
Received: 10 Jun 2022
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Issue 3/2016
JEL J11 J13 J61
DOI https://doi.org/10.56497/etj1661301

Abstract

In the economic literature the effects of emigration are associated mainly with its impact on the labour market, money transfers, family environment and child care. This article examines these effects in Bulgaria during the last twenty-five years. On the basis of statistical data and sociological findings the author outlines both the positive and the negative effects of the Bulgarian emigration on the labour market, economic development and the family environment. He also studies some main trends of development of Bulgaria's migration policy, contributing to its activation.

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