Daily labour migrants are persons in employment who live and work in different territorial units or in this case, statistical regions. The reasons for migrating are mainly economic – daily labour migrants consider that migrating to another region is more profitable for them. They are pushed there by various push factors, such as lack of diversified jobs and low income in their home region. The aim of this thesis is to investigate daily labour migrations and labour market in the Koroška region. The theoretical part of the thesis is based on the methods of interpretation, compilation and description. The empirical part consists of a quantitative part, which includes the analysis of a questionnaire survey, and a qualitative part, which includes a summary of (semi-) structured interviews with actors who are familiar with the labour market in the region. The final findings of the thesis are that Koroška does not have such a pronounced extent of labour migration compared to other regions in the country. The volume of labour migration has been increasing over the last ten years, but is still below the national average. There are significant differences between the age groups of labour migrants. Migrants migrate mainly because of the greater supply of jobs elsewhere. Labour migrants with higher levels of education migrate to regions where larger Slovenian cities are located, while labour migrants with lower levels of education migrate to neighbouring country Austria. There is a shortage of workers in the technical, construction, car transport, health and social care sectors, so employers are also looking for staff abroad. The biggest threats to the region are a declining population, continued out-migration of young people and the faster aging of population than the national average.
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