Stratification and Social Mobility of Bulgarian Returning Migrants
Stratification and Social Mobility of Bulgarian Returning Migrants

Author(s): Andrey Nonchev, Marieta Hristova
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Economy, Sociology, Migration Studies, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Университет за национално и световно стопанство (УНСС)
Keywords: Social Stratification; Socio-ecocnomic Status; Inequalities; Mobility
Summary/Abstract: The paper explores the social inequalities and mobility of returning migrants. Their social stratification is conceptualized through the concept of their socio-economic status. Different dimensions of the social stratification are examined, with the main focus on economic (income, employment, property), educational and qualification inequalities between returning migrants. The vertical (ascending and descending) economic and social mobility of the remigrants throughout the migration cycle and its individual phases is also traced. The social and economic effects of the migration carried out are analysed through the self-assessments of the return migrants’ financial and social status.

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