The Polish capital of Warsaw now has a skyline comparable to cities like Frankfurt, London or Rotterdam. Even if Warsaw and other Eastern European metropolises are currently less attractive for skilled workers than Western and Northern European cities, researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research see some potential there in the future. Image: Pixabay
Researchers used Linkedin data to track where professionals want to move within the EU. The Polish capital of Warsaw now has a skyline comparable to cities like Frankfurt, London or Rotterdam. Even if Warsaw and other Eastern European metropolises are currently less attractive for skilled workers than Western and Northern European cities, researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research see some potential there in the future. Image: Pixabay - For professionals looking for a new job, Eastern European countries have not been very attractive so far. That's the finding of a study by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Rostock, Germany, together with a Dutch colleague. As their analysis of data from the Linkedin career network revealed, comparatively few professionals from northern, southern and western European countries want to move east. But the attractiveness of Eastern Europe could change in the coming years.
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