Gospodarska migracija ili egzodus u Osijeku?
Economic Migration or Exodus in Osijek?

Summary/Abstract: According to data from the last two censuses (2001 and 2011), the population of the city of Osijek began to decline. This phenomenon began to intensify after the census of 2011 and it brought great concern among the inhabitants of Osijek. Daily emigration of Osijek citizens searching for a job is greatly facilitated and advanced with Republic of Croatia’s membership in the European Union, so Osijek citizens, mostly young people, increasingly decide to emigrate and live abroad, mostly in Germany and Ireland. Although big and alarming in plain sight, the scale of emigration has been measured neither by the state nor by city institutions and no data has been published. This paper attempts, using available data from the Croatian Employment Service and the Croatian Chamber of Economy and also by through survey measurements conducted among the citizens of Osijek, to show the extent of emigration from Osijek. Analysing the data per year, from 2005 to 2015/16, this paper aims to show the course of emigration and its growth.

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