Attractiveness of municipal districts for internal migrants
The case of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 17656366 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Arseniy L Sinitsa (0000-0001-8026-0619, Lomonosov Moscow State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-19 |
| Publication date | 2026-04-20 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Acta Borealia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0800-3831 • E-ISSN: 1503-111X |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/08003831.2026.2654915 |
| OpenAlex | W7154976983 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 36 |
The main demographic problem facing the authorities of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) is the imbalance between the external and internal migration flows. This imbalance resulted from the structural heterogeneity of spatial development. Thus, I analyzed the economic zones mentioned in official documents and the clusters obtained through Ward's method. Nevertheless, internal migration – currently the main form of migration – merits special attention. I focused on its share of arrivals in all arrivals and its share of departures in all departures. I also considered migration attractiveness of the municipal districts. It was assessed using migration succession and effectiveness ratios. The following results were obtained: Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the share of internal departures in all departures was significantly lower than the share of internal arrivals in all arrivals, indicating the desire among many to emigrate. It was the level of economic development and economic specialization rather than geographical location that explained the persistent differences between municipal districts. The most attractive destination for internal migrants was Yakutsk. Additionally, I found that the four economically developed districts with a focus on external migration had quite high migration attractiveness, while the rest of the districts were not attractive for internal migrants.
Attractiveness · The Republic · Environmental Sustainability and Technology · Regional Socio-Economic Development Trends · Socioeconomic and Demographic Analysis
Urban Growth in the 1990s
Mastering the extreme north
Migration attractiveness of cities in the post-Soviet space
Migration Processes in Cities of the Russian North in the 1990s–2010s
Territorial attractiveness in EU urban and spatial policy
Migration processes in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia)
The conceptualization of country attractiveness
The North is calling
Modernisation, Migration, and Mobilisation
A Booming City in the Far North
Spatial and Climatic Patterns of Intraregional Migration in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
What Makes Cities Attractive? The Determinants of Urban Labour Migration in Germany
Internal migration in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
Assessment of the intensity and directions of population movement in the regions of the Arctic zone of Russia in 1991–2000
Keeping Them in Their Place
Rethinking measures of migration
| Highly cited | No |
|---|