Vesna Lukic

Institute of Social Sciences · Demographic Research Centre

Population ageing in Serbia has pervading effect on many societal spheres. Paradigm of active ageing highlights the importance for older to lead healthy and productive life. The aim of this paper is to explore active ageing practices of institutionalized older citizens considering their sociodemographic characteristics and migration background. Sem...

This article discusses immigrant integration policies in Europe. We analyzed data from the 2015 Migration Integration Policy Index to identify similar immigrant integration regimes in Europe according to policy priorities related to immigrants’ socioeconomic rights. The results of a latent class analysis demonstrated that there are two immigrant in...

An unfavourable position in the labour market relative to that of the local population is one of the specific problems that affect the immigrant population. The aim of this paper is to highlight the position of immigrants in the labour market in Serbia. Special emphasis is placed on discussing the possibilities of the Labour Force Survey (LFS) for...

Recent empirical research on internal migration has focused on the change in migration volume, before and after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, by the degree of urbanization. Less is known about the types of rural areas that are attracting internal migrants. This study aims to explore the changes in internal rural migration patterns in Serbi...

Globalization has affected a rise in temporary labour and educational migration around the world. In this chapter, authors focus on the analysis of key trends of temporary migration in the context of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BH), North Macedonia (NM), and Serbia (RS), the determinants of this phenomenon as well as policy responses. Relying on desk r...

Apstrakt: Uticaj pandemije kovida 19 na različite sfere društva veoma je kom-pleksan. U radu se, kroz pregled istraživanja u svetu i Srbiji, ukazuje na uticaj pandemije kovida 19 na međunarodne migracije i migrante, kao i na rastuće iza-zove kvantitativnog i kvalitativnog istraživanja migracija u uslovima pandemije. Posebna pažnja posvećena je utic...

The hypothesis of this totally novel research in Serbia is that the way in which place may influence the identity of international students integrates a part of their individual identities, but also influences the variability of identities deriving from various contextual factors of the student migration's origin. Cities can be observed through the...

Internal migration is an essential part of regional population change. Driven by various determinants, internal migration has been unequal across time and space. Migration responses to the changes in societal circumstances make it relevant to investigate the spatial and temporal dimension of internal migration in Serbia before and in the aftermath...

Abstract: This paper provides assessment of the changes in the scope and transfer of the remittances in North Macedonia and Serbia, in light of changes in the emigration abroad during the COVID-19 pandemic. The analysis is based on the foreign data sources about emigration abroad, as well as annual and monthly remittance data from national banks of...

This paper studies the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on different groups of migrants from Serbia. The paper aims to identify and analyse difficulties and the most migration-related stressful issues that international migrants from Serbia coped with due to the societal impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. We explored how they perceive those migration...

Relying on statistical data and relevant literature, the paper analyzes and critically discusses the position of migrant women in the labour market of destination countries. The position of female emigrants from Serbia on the labour market of the host countries in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, but also the position of women born abroad on t...

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused migrant workers worldwide to face numerous and specific challenges. This study aims to determine how the COVID-19 pandemic and its societal impact have influenced temporary and circular migrants from Serbia and North Macedonia. Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with 50 participants to gain a deeper...

This paper analyses the gender dimension of migration, with a special focus on Serbia. For that purpose, various data sources have been used and selected empirical studies have been considered. The findings point to gender-differentiated migration processes. The gender structure of immigrants and internal migrants is predominantly female-biased, wh...

Socio-economic and environmental processes are concurrent drivers and consequences of demographic change, which are reflected in the number, structure, and spatial distribution of the population. Due to the need to reconcile different development aspects, the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development encompasses three dimensions of sus...

This paper is exploring refugee entrepreneurship as a possible mode of integration in the host society. Since integration is complex and dynamic process we use multidisciplinary perspective on migration. The paper is based on the qualitative research through three focus group discussions with former refugee entrepreneurs from Bosnia and Herzegovina...

Assessment and comparison of the level of development and characteristics of national integration policies, based on the Migrant Integration Policy Index (MIPEX), is an introduction into discussion on how different European countries are facing the issue of integration of immigrants from the perspective of eight policy areas. The analysis has been...

Researching the link between migration and entrepreneurship has been in the focus of scientific and professional publications in the last two decades. The results indicate that migrant entrepreneurship allows for better economic and social integration in the new environment and contributes to the economic development of both the receiving country a...

The post-socialist transition processes in Serbia stepped up the existing disparities in development between the regions as well as between the municipalities. In the attempt to contribute to the EU and national knowledge on this topic, this paper focuses on interrelation between migration and development inequalities in Serbia in terms of negative...

The tourism is often seen as an instrument for development furthermore affecting demographic change in tourist areas. By contrast, demographic change has implications on tourism supply and demand. Due to a large number of mineral springs, spas have traditionally been an important part of the tourist offer of Serbia, but with domination of domestic...

The paper focuses on the topic of the impact of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) on the international migration phenomenon According to the discussed literature, there is an impression that ICTs change the essence of migration and monitoring of migration flows. It also suggests that migration and migrants’ needs shape the developmen...

Due to its geographic location and borders along the European Union (EU), in recent years, the Republic of Serbia has faced an increased number of irregular migrants from third-world countries claiming asylum on their way into a western EU member state. Some of these migrants stay for a while in asylum centres in Serbia to rest or renew contacts. I...

The paper discusses the integration of forced migrants from former SFRY republics intо the labour market in Serbia. The 2011 Census data on persons that stated forced migration as their main reason for arrival to the Republic of Serbia are related both to persons with refugee status as well as the former refugees. Their economic participation depen...

In the context of the needs and rights of older migrants, migration history is particularly important where the elderly forced migrants are twice as vulnerable. Bearing in mind the intense process of population aging in Serbia which holds the attention of scientists and experts, and the large number of refugees who immigrated in the 90-is from the...

Empirical research methodology is commonly applied for analysis of problems within the Ministry of the Interior in the Republic of Serbia. Priority is given to empirically proven solutions and practically applicable methods. In the preparation phase of the twinning project it was decided to combine practical with scientific dimensions, which would...

ABSTRACT: This article focuses on the impact of forced migration on women from the republics of former Yugoslavia in Serbia. It gives some background on refugee movements and continuity and change in women characteristics and needs after two decades of displacement. As one of the vulnerable groups recognized by UNHCR, women and especially elderly w...

This country report was developed in the framework of SEEMIG – Managing Migration and its Effects in SEE – Transnational Actions towards Evidence-based Strategies. SEEMIG is a strategic project funded by the European Union’s South-East Europe Programme. Project code: SEEMIG - SEE/C/0006/4.1/X The country report was prepared within the SEEMIG activi...

Demographic transition over recent decades has led to population decline as well as changes in fertility and mortality rates and household structure in Serbia. Negative natural growth and large scale emigration were partly compensated by refugee flows from the former Yugoslav republics, but this large refugee inflow will not have significant impact...

This paper contemplates on relevant socio-economic factors which have influence on variability of the scope and directions of commuting flows, with special emphasis on situation in Serbia. Due to the need for balance between work and family life, this specific form of population’s mobility often represents alternative for migration. It also has num...

Summary: Contemporary socio-economic development and changes within the structure of economy have reflected to economic characteristics of labour, primarily onto economic activity. Share of people employed in the primary sector has been decreasing, along with the increase of significance of the secondary and tertiary sectors. Over the last couple o...

Various forms of population mobility are usually studied independently and thus lacking information if there is a connection between migration processes and if so, whether it is positive or negative. Based on the correlation method, this paper presents a study of the relationship between migration and commuting by the example of Vojvodina. Populati...

As one form of population mobility, daily commuting represents very complex phenomenon of the spatial separation of the place of work and the place of residence of the part of employed population. The paper deals with changes in scope, directions and structure of commuting flows in Serbia, as well as the interdependence of commuting with other demo...

The aim of this paper is to consider the differences in the structure of visitors in tourist events, depending on the place of holding. The "Museum Night" tourist event was first held in Germany (Berlin) in 1997, with the aim of popularizing cultural tourism and museum complexes. This touristically considerable event has been very popular and frequ...

The aim of the paper is to point to the mutual linkage between the changes in the extent and directions of the commuting flows and contemporary changes in the economic structure of Serbia. Even though the increase in the number of commuters in total and commuters employed in the industrial sector has been evident on the national level, on the local...

Territorial organization of settlement system is the framework for internal migration flows. The purpose of this paper is to consider the relation between commuting and the settlement structure. Commuting patterns and characteristics of commuters in Serbia are relatively unknown and insufficiently researched, and as such, can not be adequately used...

Eastern Serbia, including the Carpathian region, is an area that has been characterized by unfavorable demographic trends for decades. Low reproductive norms in terms of the cultural pattern of 'one child', applied from the middle of the 20 th century and caused by economic reasons to preserve the estates and the mixed ethnic structure of the popul...

Serbia still hosts the largest number of forced migrants in Europe. The paper examines the impact of the refugee influx from newly formed states on the territory of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) into Serbia on the future demographic trends of the country. Examination of the past population projections of Serbia confirmed that...

Spatial mobility of population is conditioned by numerous factors that affect process of migration. Individuals’ decision about the type of spatial mobility depends on dominant influence that results from combination of external (mainly socio-economic) and internal (characteristics of migrant and his family) determinants of geographical mobility. C...

The analytical part of the paper comprises the basic demo-economic, urban-geographic and functional indicators of the state of development, as well as changes in the process of development in the settlements and their centers on undeveloped areas of Serbia in the period in which they most appeared. The comparison is made on the basis of complex and...

This paper gives a brief review of historical-geographic processes on the territoiy of Vojvodina during the period after the First World War (1919-1931); during the Second World War (1941-1945); and after die Second World War (1945-1948). The time period of 1919-1948 was marked by turbulent historical and demographic changes. During the period in q...

Bearing in mind that sex differences are one of the factors that influence variability of the scope and directions of commuting, the paper treats problems of commuter’s structure according to sex. Although it gives the data about total commuting according to sex (pupils, students and labor force), the emphasis has been put onto commuting patterns o...

The paper deals with the problems of traveling to work, as a special form of geographical mobility of population. The accent has been given to commuting of active population. Development and changes of the extent and characteristics of commuting of workers in Serbia (without Kosovo and Metohija) during the last forty years of the 20th century have...

This paper examines selectivity of refugees from Bosnia and Herzegovina in Serbia with respect to certain demographic and socio-economic structures. Analyses indicated that the demographic and socio-economic characteristics of these refugees are significantly more favourable than those of other refugees in Serbia and those in the place of origin. T...

In this paper basic indicators of demographic change of Danube-Morava Corridor municipalities were analyzed on the basis of definite results of censuses 1948-2002. Almost half of population of Vojvodina and Central Serbia live in Danube-Morava Corridor municipalities. It is characteristic that these municipalities in all of three big macro-regions...