Emigracija iš Lietuvos: ką žinome, ko nežinome ir ką turėtume žinoti?
Emigration from Lithuania: What We Do, What We Should and What We Don’t Know

Summary/Abstract: Emigration is considered to be the most important non-military threat to Lithuania. Available statistical data indicates that approx. 10% of Lithuania’s residents have emigrated over past 16 years. According to the Eurostat data, Lithuania also had the highest rate of emigration in the EU in 2005. Most of the research done in this field explains high rates of emigration as a result of relatively low wage levels. However, this paper seeks to develop an alternative explanation, which focuses on the structural imbalances in the labour market. The imbalances have resulted from rapid increase in the supply of qualified university graduates and very slow development of Lithuania’s knowledge intensive sectors, which could offer high quality workplaces. This argument is supported by empirical evidence.

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