Exploring of the Human Capital Depreciation of Ukrainian Labor Migrants Abroad: Results of a Survey

Koshulko, Oksana

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Exploring of the Human Capital Depreciation of Ukrainian Labor Migrants Abroad: Results of a Survey

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The article presents the Model of Human Capital depreciation of labor migrants abroad and the depreciation of the existing amount of Human Capital of labor migrants in host countries.The research also presents results of the survey, conducted in the Ternopil region of Ukraine among ex-labor migrants and children of labor migrants, which confirmed the Human Capital depreciation of Ukrainian labor migrants abroad.The study also shows an example of computation of the Human Capital depreciation of a skilled worker who works as a labor migrant in a host country, and for this example uses the Human Capital depreciation rate by Spanish scientists M. Arrazola and J. Hevia.

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International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences (Volume 64)

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66-72

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https://doi.org/10.18052/www.scipress.com/ILSHS.64.66

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O. Koshulko, "Exploring of the Human Capital Depreciation of Ukrainian Labor Migrants Abroad: Results of a Survey", International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences, Vol. 64, pp. 66-72, 2015

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November 2015

Authors:

Oksana Koshulko

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Brain Waste, Host Countries, Human Capital Depreciation Rate, Labor Migrants, Model of Human Capital Depreciation, Skilled Workers, Survey

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