LONG-TERM INTERNAL MIGRATION OF POPULATION IN RUSSIAAND OTHER COUNTRIES
Abstract
The article questions the idea of low migration activity of the Russian population in terms of the incountry resettlement in comparison with foreign countries. Reasons preventing a direct comparison of data on internal migration inRussiaand other countries are analyzed. They are related to differences in the size of units of administrative and territorial division and diversity in approaches to the definition of in-country migration. Based on 2013–2014 migration data of it was concluded thatRussiaand several countries with advanced migration statistics differ substantially.Russialags behind the leading countries about twice. However, it overpasses other countries, especially of eastern and southernEurope, in terms of migration intensity. Analysis of internal migration flows by age shows that, in general,Russiaand other developed countries have similar age migration profiles. In contrast to other comparable countries, the Russian peak at the age of 15–29 years is more clearly defined and biased to the youngest age. It results from a greater briefness of socio-demographic events, which leads to migration movements. Contrary to our expectations the differences between the age profile of migration inRussiaand other countries in the rest of the age groups are not great.
Keywords
Internal migration,
cross-country comparisons,
the intensity of migration,
age structure of migrants
Supporting agencies: NRU HSE 2016 Program of fundamental research
About the Authors
L. B. Karachurina
National Research University Higher School of Economics
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Department of Demography
Associate Professor, PhD. in Geography
N. V. Mkrtchyan
National Research University Higher School of Economics
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Institute of Demography
Leading Research cientist, PhD. in Geography
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Karachurina L.B., Mkrtchyan N.V. LONG-TERM INTERNAL MIGRATION OF POPULATION IN RUSSIAAND OTHER COUNTRIES. Vestnik Moskovskogo universiteta. Seriya 5, Geografiya. 2017;1(2):74-80. (In Russ.)
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