Integracja ekonomiczna imigrantów z Ukrainy w Polsce w kontekście trendów demograficznych
Economic integration of immigrants from Ukraine in Poland in the context of demographic trends

Summary/Abstract: Russia’s aggression against Ukraine in 2014 and then in 2022 was associated with an influx of immigrantsto Poland, unprecedented in recent history, most of whom found employment in Poland relatively quickly.The article aims to examine the factors influencing employment and declarations regarding the intentionto remain in Poland permanently among various groups of immigrants from Ukraine remaining in Poland.Groups of men and women were analysed, as well as the division into refugees (forced immigrants) relatedto the full-scale war that began in 2022 and previous economic immigrants. It has been confirmed thatamong all immigrants a very good knowledge of the Polish language has a positive impact on employmentand declarations of settlement in Poland. However, the analyses confirm that the same factors often havedifferent impacts on people belonging to different analysed groups. For example, knowledge of the Polishlanguage was essential for finding work for female refugees. Still, it was not important to take up work byvoluntary immigrants who arrived before the war. No negative impact of child benefits on the employmentof forced immigrants was found, but in the case of previous immigrants, these benefits were associatedwith a significantly lower probability of employment. The differences in motivations of different groups ofUkrainian immigrants in Poland are important from the point of view of policies facilitating the economicintegration of immigrants in Poland. They are also important for predicting the propensity for settlementmigration in Poland or potential returns to Ukraine in the future.

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