Effects of migration on poverty, inequality, and human capital formation in Albania

Authors

  • Manuela Meçe
  • Entela Kaleshi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55312/op.vi2.4641

Abstract

Albania has one of the world’s highest emigration rates, relative to its population, at 3.3 migrants per 1,000 people, and a total migrant population of more than 1.25 million in 2014, according to UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs data. In 2010 Albania was granted with visa-free travel to the Schengen area and this also affected the crossing of the borders and the circular migration across the land border between Greece and Albania was for many years, one of the most significant irregular migratory flows across the EU’s external borders.

Keywords:

development, employment, human capital, migration, migratory flows.

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Published

2024-05-25

How to Cite

Meçe, M., & Kaleshi, E. (2024). Effects of migration on poverty, inequality, and human capital formation in Albania. Optime, (2), 163–174. https://doi.org/10.55312/op.vi2.4641

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