Regional-level Determinants of Return Migration to Poland after 2004

Although after 2004 migration studies have become increasingly popular in Poland, the regional aspect of return migration remains a largely unexplored area of research. The fi rst aim of this paper is to conduct a critical review of the studies on return migration at the regional level in Poland. The second aim of our research is an empirical investigation of the determinants of return migration after 2004 in three selected Polish regions: the Dolnośląskie, the Małopolskie, and the Silesian voivodeships. Our results confi rm, to some extent, the general trends of return migration to Poland in the post-accession period, but also show some peculiar characteristics of these processes at the regional level