Breaking out of poverty traps: Internal migration and interregional convergence in Russia

Sergei Guriev and Elena Vakulenko

No 9675, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Abstract: We study barriers to labor mobility using panel data on gross region-to-region migration flows in Russia for 1995-2010. We find that barriers that hindered internal migration in 1990s have been generally eliminated by the end of 2000s. In 1990s many poor Russian regions were in poverty traps: potential migrants wanted to leave those regions but could not afford to finance the move. In 2000s (especially in late 2000s), these constraints were no longer binding. Overall economic growth and development of financial markets allowed even the poorest Russian regions to grow out of poverty traps resulting in convergence between Russian regions in 2000s.

Keywords: Internal migration; Liquidity constraints; Poverty traps (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J61 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-10
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cis, nep-mig, nep-tra and nep-ure
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Journal Article: Breaking out of poverty traps: Internal migration and interregional convergence in Russia (2015)
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