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CHANGING TRENDS OF LABOUR MIGRATION IN THE REGION OF SZEKLERLAND

JULIANNA BODÓ
WAC – Center for Regional and Athropological Research
Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania
bodojulianna@uni.sapientia.ro

2021. (VI. évfolyam) 2. lapszám 85-102.

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Abstract

Migration for the purpose of employment is an important social phenomenon. The following study provides insight into the situation of labor migration in Szeklerland after the change of regime. It outlines the most important trends that define this social process from 1990 to the present and indicates the changes along which the different periods of labor migration can be separated. The study discusses the changing perceptions of the connection between migration and development. The last subchapter contains an analysis about the phenomenon of decisionmaking in the context of new lifestyle trends resulting from migration.

Keywords: labor migration, Szeklerland, development, migration decision analyzing method

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