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Interregional Migration: Analysis of Origin-to-Destination Matrix

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Demography of Russia

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This chapter examines regional economic conditions and their effects on interregional population redistribution patterns in Russia. After reviewing striking changes in population flows before and after the collapse of the former Soviet Union, an application of the gravity model on population migration in Russia is presented using a newly obtained interregional in- and out-migration flow matrix from 1990 to 2013, which were supplied by Rosstat (formerly Goskomstat). The analysis compared factors affecting migration patterns in the Soviet era to modern Russia, focusing on geographical factors, specifically, the attractiveness of resource-mining regions. The analysis clearly showed major changes in the effect of governmental investment in determining migration flow before and after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Revised from Center for Economic Institutions Working Paper Series, No. 2016–2, pp. 1–31, May 2016, “Inter-regional Population Migration in Russia Revisited: Analysis on Origin-to-Destination Matrix, 1990–2013” by Kazuhiro Kumo. With kind permission of the Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, Japan. All rights reserved.

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Kumo, K. (2017). Interregional Migration: Analysis of Origin-to-Destination Matrix. In: Demography of Russia. Studies in Economic Transition. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-51850-7_8

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