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Econometric analysis of factors of internal migration in Russia

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The article analyzes internal migration in Russia and identifies the main factors that influence it. The model of migration factors is estimated from panel data on Russian regions based on official Rosstat data for 1999–2010. Demographic factors, indicators of the labor market and housing, quality of life, the provision of public goods, infrastructure, and expenditures from regional consolidated budgets on various needs are considered as migration factors. Analysis showed that migration sensitivity is higher to demographic and economic factors (housing provision and per capita income), rather than to different social or other factors. Expenditures on education and healthcare in regions have the biggest impact on migration among all other regional budget expenditures.

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Original Russian Text © E.S. Vakulenko, 2015, published in Regional’nye Issledovaniya, 2015, No. 4, pp. 83–98.

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Vakulenko, E.S. Econometric analysis of factors of internal migration in Russia. Reg. Res. Russ. 6, 344–356 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S2079970516040134

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