abstract: 'The collision between economic systems after 1989 led to significant new

  forms of mobility. East Central Europe became a legally and

  institutionally constructed `buffer zone'' between Western Europe and the

  CIS, Commonwealth of Independent States-the former USSR. The

  opportunities for and costs of migration in the buffer zone were shaped

  by the `double territorial shock'' of the transition:

  reinterationalisation and the withdrawal of massive state intervention

  in support of regional convergence. The authors provide a comparative

  study of mobility and migration into and out of the buffer zone, through

  case studies of Ukrainians working in Slovakia, and Slovakians working

  in Austria. Whereas the Ukrainians are largely confined to the

  secondary-labour market, the Slovakians are found in both segments of

  the dual labour market. This leads to different implications in respect

  of `brain drain'' and `brain waste'' of international skilled-labour

  mobility, as well as amplifying income differences. The overall effect

  in both cases is to contribute to the reproduction of economic

  inequalities in the buffer zone, and this is explored through an

  analysis of savings and investment and future employment intentions. The

  conclusions are particularly pessimistic in respect of the wage

  differentials required to persuade Ukrainian migrants to return to their

  country of origin.'
affiliation: 'Williams, AM (Corresponding Author), Univ Exeter, Dept Geog, Exeter
  EX4 4RJ, Devon, England.

  Univ Exeter, Dept Geog, Exeter EX4 4RJ, Devon, England.

  Slovak Acad Sci, Inst Forecasting, Bratislava 81105, Slovakia.

  Slovak Acad Sci, Inst Geog, Bratislava 81473, Slovakia.'
author: Williams, AM and Balaz, V and Kollar, D
author_list:
- family: Williams
  given: AM
- family: Balaz
  given: V
- family: Kollar
  given: D
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1068/a33182
files: []
issn: 0308-518X
journal: ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING A
keywords-plus: GLOBAL CITY; HONG-KONG; MIGRATION; STRUCTURATION; PERSPECTIVE; MIGRANTS
language: English
month: JUN
number: '6'
number-of-cited-references: '61'
orcid-numbers: Baláž, Vladimír/0000-0002-8132-3789
pages: 1101-1123
papis_id: f7d34d55600514a925f0d7277d773566
ref: Williams2001cominggoing
researcherid-numbers: Baláž, Vladimír/R-9416-2016
times-cited: '9'
title: 'Coming and going in Slovakia: international labour mobility in the Central
  European `buffer zone'''
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000169821600009
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '8'
volume: '33'
web-of-science-categories: Environmental Studies; Geography
year: '2001'