Strategies in the Romanian labor emigration towards Spain: colonists and transnational households
Strategies in the Romanian labor emigration towards Spain: colonists and transnational households

Summary/Abstract: The massive Romanian labor emigration towards Western Europe began in 2002- when a Romanian citizen was no longer required to get a visa in order to enter the Schengen Area- and continued after 2007 when Romania became a member of the European Union. The Romanian emigration is economically driven and, at its earliest stages, followed the simple pattern announced by the European labor market segmentation scholars: the Romanians came to Spain to occupy the less attractive jobs, which although poorly paid, insured them greater incomes than the ones achievable in their native country. At that point, the Romanian emigrant remained in Spain for an average period of 5 years during which he/she obtained a job, had a place of his/her in Spain and created a social network. At the same time the Romanian emigrants maintained a tight relation with the family members back in Romania through permanent communication and remittances. The result was the creation of transnational households and the emigrant’s difficulty to fully identify with the adoption society

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