Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/128269 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
CASE Network Studies & Analyses No. 463
Publisher: 
Center for Social and Economic Research (CASE), Warsaw
Abstract: 
This study provides an analysis of the costs and benefits of emigration for Georgia, with an emphasis on emigration to the EU. In the concluding section we dwell on the consequences of a possible liberalization of EU migration policies with regard to Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries, and how such a policy change would affect the flow and composition of migration from Georgia to the EU. The study estimates the costs and benefits of migration through the prism of recent economics developments in Georgia and in particular the sweeping liberalization reforms of recent years. While Georgia remains a poor country, its geopolitical position as a Western outpost in the Caucasus and Central Asian region, its role as a key trade and transportation hub, the superior quality of its bureaucracy, lack of corruption, etc., provide a very different context for migration processes, turning migration into a circular phenomenon, a major factor in modernizing the Georgian economy, society, and politics. The EU should give due consideration to this phenomenon as it (re)considers its policy on migration with regard to Georgia and, potentially, other EaP countries.
Subjects: 
Labour Economics
Labour Markets
Labour Mobility
Georgia
JEL: 
D78
F22
F24
I25
J01
J15
J40
J61
J83
ISBN: 
978-83-7178-592-4
Document Type: 
Research Report

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