Dumitru Sandu

Community-Regional Differentiations between Romanians’ Emigrations to Eight Countries of Attraction

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Dumitru Sandu

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Pages:113-126

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24193/RJPS.2026.1.05

^*Dumitru Sandu

^*University of Bucharest, 9 Schitu Magureanu, 10181, Bucharest, Romania, dumitru.sandu@unibuc.ro

Abstract. The flows of emigration from local communities to national societies, generally neglected, have a determination and inertia that need to be explained. This article focuses on these aspects. The theoretical model from which the analysis starts considers the role of local-regional development, the migration tradition and the region that integrates the local community. The data that are analyzed come from the 2021 census carried out in the country of origin of the flows (Romania). The interpretation of the community-regional selectivity of emigration is carried out in relation to EUROSTAT data on international migration flows. Development regions and regions structured around large cities are considered in the multivariate explanation of emigration flows.

Keywords: migration selectivity, seasonal migration, urban region, local human development index (LHDI), regional human development index (RHDI)

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