Regional Economic Performance and Net Migration Rates in Russia, 1993–2002

Bibliographic Data

ID11382016
AuthorsT P Gerber (0000-0001-8899-6815, University of Wisconsin–Madison, corresponding author)
Year2006
Volume40
Issue3
Pages661-697
Publication date2006-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Migration Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0197-9183 • E-ISSN: 1747-7379
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1111/j.1747-7379.2006.00037.x
OpenAlexW2155570460
LanguageEN
Citations received19
References cited41

Soviet legacies and uneven economic distress make post-Soviet Russia an especially interesting case in which to assess the effects of economic performance on regional net migration rates. Random effects models of net regional migration in 77 Russian regions from 1993 to 2002 indicate that mean wages and unemployment levels have substantial and predictable effects. These effects have several dynamic aspects: changes in mean wages (but not changes in unemployment) exert effects independently of wage and unemployment levels, the effect of unemployment decreases over time, and the effect of wage levels appears to increase. Overall, the results suggest a tendency toward regional equilibrium with respect to employment following the initial shock of Soviet collapse and market reforms, but continuing disequilibrium with respect to wages

Demographic economics · Disequilibrium · Economics · Labour economics · Macroeconomics · Net migration rate · Population · Population growth · Real wages · Shock (circulatory · Unemployment · Wage · Demography · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis · Urbanization and City Planning