Analysis of interregional migration flows in Russia in the context of certain types of migration

E. Ostrovskaya, D. Mamontov, K. Spiridonov and I. Levyy
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E. Ostrovskaya: Saratov Regional Division of the Volga-Vyatka Main Branch of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, Saratov, Russia
D. Mamontov: Saratov Regional Division of the Volga-Vyatka Main Branch of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, Saratov, Russia
K. Spiridonov: Saratov Regional Division of the Volga-Vyatka Main Branch of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, Saratov, Russia
I. Levyy: Saratov Regional Division of the Volga-Vyatka Main Branch of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, Saratov, Russia

Journal of the New Economic Association, 2021, vol. 50, issue 2, 36-55

Abstract: The impact of interregional migration on regional economic and social sphere necessitates the determination of migration factors. An analysis of existing studies has shown that gravity models can be considered the most effective tool for migration flows analysis. At the same time existing studies show a weak elaboration of approaches that involve the separation of migration into different types depending on the goal of the relocation. The purpose of the article is to analyze the interregional migration flows in the context of types of migration identifying a set of factors that determine a particular type of migration. The main result obtained by the authors is the determination of three regional clusters that attract a certain type of migrants. Clustering was carried out using a set of indicators with a model-oriented clustering methods. The main conclusions made in the article are related to improving the quality of models when dividing regions into clusters and including different variables for certain types of migration. However, the authors note that the input data for the analysis is somewhat noisy, since it contains migrants of all ages. Therefore, the obtained regional groupings by type of migration are only the first approximation of differentiation by type of arriving or departing citizens. The results of the study can be used for further work on the definition of the determinants of interregional migration, as well as for studies on the impact of migration on regional labor markets and socioeconomic situation of regions.

Keywords: interregional migration; labor migration; student migration; migration of retired (aged) citizens; gravity models; panel data; clustering; regional heterogeneity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: R15 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.31737/2221-2264-2021-50-2-2

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