Determinants of interregional mobility in Russia

Bibliographic Data

ID23328211
AuthorsYuri Andrienko (Financial Research (Hungary)), Sergei Guriev (0000-0001-6048-2169), Sergei M Guriev (New Economic School)
Year2004
Volume12
Issue1
Pages1-27
Publication date2004-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEconomics of Transition (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0967-0750 • E-ISSN: 1468-0351
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.0967-0750.2004.00170.x
OpenAlexW2081043930
LanguageEN
Citations received52
References cited18

The paper studies the determinants of internal migration in Russia. Using panel data on gross region‐to‐region migration flows in 1992–99, we estimate the effect of economic, political and social factors. Although overall migration is rather low, it turns out that its intensity does depend on economic factors even controlling for fixed effects for each origin–destination pair. People move from poorer and job scarce regions with worse public good provision to those which are richer and prospering better both in terms of employment prospects and public goods. Migration is, however, constrained by the lack of liquidity; for the poorest regions, an increase in income raises rather than decreases outmigration. Our estimates imply that up to a third of Russian regions are locked in poverty traps.

Demographic economics · Developing country · Development economics · Econometrics · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Internal migration · International economics · Market liquidity · Monetary economics · Panel data · Political science · Politics · Poverty · Public good · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis