Returned Skilled Labour Migrants : from the United Kingdom to Slovakia, 2003

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P><br>The specific objectives of the project were: <br>
<li>to explore the scale, motivations, skills and lifetime mobility of different types of skilled labour mobility to the UK from Slovakia;</li><br>
<li>to evaluate the 'total' human capital acquired by individuals participating in different types of skilled labour mobility;</li><br>
<li>to evaluate the direct economic implications for sending and receiving countries of different types of skilled labour mobility: what are the direct gains/losses in terms of skills, the social costs of the development of skills, production and taxation;</li> <br>
<li>to analyse longer term economic implications by exploring the employment, capital transfers, and future mobility plans of returnees;</li><br>
<li>to assess the economic use made of the broader human capital (language, cultural knowledge, etc.) acquired through working abroad.</li><br>
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Given the lack of reliable official data on Slovakian migration to the UK, it was not possible to obtain a representative sample of returnees. Instead, the emphasis of the research was on differences between the three groups of migrants, and their individual experiences. The findings of the project make a contribution to the deconstruction of human capital as a concept in migration studies, and to understanding the economic impacts of new forms of European mobility.<br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR><br>The data files contain coded data resulting from in-depth interviews with 186 returned skilled migrants from the UK to Slovakia: 64 had been professional and managerial workers in the UK, 55 had been students, and 67 had been au pairs. The interviews covered a range of issues relating to mobility histories, motivations, knowledge acquisition and transfer, further educational training, use of savings, employment experiences, and future migration intentions. Interviews were based around a highly structured schedule, with scope for elaboration. Only the answers given to the highly structured sections of the interviews are included here for confidentiality reasons.<br>
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Three data files are included in the dataset, representing each of the three sub-groups. There are approximately 105 variables in each dataset, although there are very minor differences between these.They cover motivations, attitudes, experiences, and impacts, particularly in terms of occupations, knowledge, and different forms of human capital. The questionnaire can be directly related by question number (and sub-numbers) to the variables in the data files.<br>
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<P>摘要版权归英国数据服务（UK Data Service）及数据收集版权所有者所有。</P><br>本项目的具体目标如下：<br><li>探索斯洛伐克各类技能劳动力向英国流动的规模、动机、技能水平及终身流动性；</li><br><li>评估参与各类技能劳动力流动的个体所获得的‘总体’人力资本（human capital）；</li><br><li>评估各类技能劳动力流动对输出国和接收国的直接经济影响：包括技能层面的直接收益/损失、技能开发的社会成本、生产及税收方面的影响；</li><br><li>通过探究回流人员的就业情况、资本转移及未来流动计划，分析其长期经济影响；</li><br><li>评估通过海外工作获得的更广泛人力资本（如语言、文化知识等）的经济利用情况。</li><br><br>由于缺乏斯洛伐克向英国移民的可靠官方数据，无法获取具有代表性的回流人员样本。因此，本研究重点关注三类移民群体之间的差异及其个体经历。研究结果有助于在移民研究中解构‘人力资本’这一概念，并加深对欧洲新型流动形式经济影响的理解。<br><B>主要主题</B>:<BR><br>数据文件包含对186名从英国返回斯洛伐克的技能移民进行深度访谈所得的编码数据：其中64人曾在英国从事专业及管理类工作，55人为学生，67人为互惠生。访谈涵盖流动史、动机、知识获取与转移、继续教育与培训、储蓄使用、就业经历及未来移民意向等一系列问题。访谈基于高度结构化的日程安排，同时留有阐述空间。出于保密原因，此处仅包含访谈中高度结构化部分的回答。<br><br>数据集中包含三个数据文件，分别对应上述三个子群体。每个数据集约有105个变量，尽管各数据集间存在细微差异。这些变量涵盖动机、态度、经历及影响，尤其涉及职业、知识及不同形式的人力资本。问卷可通过题号（及子题号）直接与数据文件中的变量关联。