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Migration and the quasi-labor market in Russia
International Regional Science Review
|January 1, 1995
Summary
This study compares Soviet and post-Soviet labor markets, finding that in-migration influenced employment concurrently during the Soviet era, but this relationship became unpredictable post-Soviet transition. Keywords: labor demand, labor mobility, Soviet, post-Soviet.
Area of Science:
- Economics
- Sociology
- Labor Market Studies
Background:
- The Soviet Union featured a centrally planned quasi-labor market with unique characteristics like a social contract and full employment.
- Geographic labor mobility was generally low, distinguishing it from capitalist labor markets.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore and compare labor demand and labor mobility in the Soviet and post-Soviet periods.
- To analyze the relationship between migration and employment dynamics across these distinct economic systems.
Main Methods:
- Utilized detailed data on labor stock, industrial labor demand, and labor flows for the 1980s in Yaroslavl Oblast.
- Employed data on migration and regional labor markets for all Russian regions in the 1990s.
Main Results:
- Net in-migration was found to induce employment changes in the current period, not a future one.
- Job creation effects were concurrent with migration during the Soviet period.
- The relationship between migration and employment in the post-Soviet period is not predictable using Soviet-era patterns.
Conclusions:
- The transition from a centrally planned to a market economy significantly altered the dynamics between labor mobility and employment.
- Understanding these historical shifts is crucial for contemporary labor market analysis in post-Soviet states.
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