Darena Hristozova

• PhD
• PhD Student at Plovdiv University

The transition from education to work in the global economy is no longer a straightforward one-time move for young people. In Bulgaria, this change started with the transition from a centrally planned economy to a market economy in the 1990s and was accompanied by the arrival of high rates of early school leaving, youth unemployment, and a growing...

В тази глава е направен кратък преглед на основните принципи, залегнали в европейската политика за регулиране на мобилността и установяването в границите на Съюза. Следващата стъпка, която е реализирана, е да се откроят спецификите в миграционните политики на всяка една от изследваните приемащи страни, съобразно тяхното локално законодателство. Пос...

After Bulgaria?s accession to the EU in 2007 increasing numbers of mobile workers have chosen emigration to the West as an attractive option for achieving a more satisfactory employment. The public debate in Bulgaria however perceives this mobility as a loss of human capital, while in the receiving countries in Western Europe immigrants are largely...

Migration abroad has become a significant part of the life experiences of a growing number of Bulgarian youths, since the regime change in 1989. In this paper we explore the effect of migration on the life transitions of two generations of young Bulgarians - the ?Transition? generation o f those who had their formative years in the 1990s during the...