Employers’ Openness to Labour Immigrants
Vol. 10, No 3, 2017
Asta Mikalauskiene,
Vilnius University, Kaunas Faculty, Kaunas, Lithuania, E-mail: asta.mikalauskiene@knf.vu.lt
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Employers’ Openness to Labour Immigrants |
Dalia Streimikiene,
Vilnius University, Kaunas Faculty, Kaunas, Lithuania, E-mail: dalia.streimikiene@knf.vu.lt Egle Mazutaityte-Cepanoniene,
Vilnius University, Kaunas Faculty, Kaunas, Lithuania, E-mail: e.cepanoniene@gmail.com
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Abstract. The paper presents the elucidation of the concept of migration and theories describing the process of migration, determines the issue of openness to immigration and presents its theoretical explanation.. The analysis of the empirical studies conducted in Lithuania assessing the openness of employers to labour immigrants was performed including the analysis of immigration trends in this country. The factors determining the attitudes towards immigration and immigrants are presented being divided into the main groups of economic and social-cultural factors. |
Received: December, 2016 1st Revision: March, 2017 Accepted: June, 2017 |
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DOI: 10.14254/2071-789X.2017/10-3/2 |
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JEL Classification: F22, O15 |
Keywords: migration; labour immigrants; openness to immigration. |