Does flexible migration policy spur competitiveness in the labor market? A case of migrants in the Russian Federation
- Autores: Valei A.1,2, Mamman S.O.1
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Afiliações:
- Ural Federal University
- Charles University
- Edição: Volume 29, Nº 4 (2021)
- Páginas: 673-688
- Seção: INTERNATIONAL LABOR MARKET AND INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/2313-2329/article/view/324377
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.22363/2313-2329-2021-29-4-673-688
- ID: 324377
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With the influx of labor migrants across the globe and developed countries being on the receiving end, countries like the Russian Federation have implemented strict migration policies to check the inflow of these migrants, mainly from low-income countries. However, with theoretical underpin the increase in labor migrants brings about competitiveness in the receiving countries’ labor market. The current study evaluates whether the Russian labor migration policy promotes competitiveness given the characteristics of labor migrants in Russia. The study carried out panel data analysis for 14 countries within Russian region and an aggregated data from the rest of the world using the non-stationary heterogeneous panel model and estimators of mean group and pooled mean group. The result first presents strong cointegration between wage levels and labor supply (immigrant, emigrants, and native workforce). The result then reveals a negative effect of immigrants’ inflow and native workforce on wage levels in the short run but a positive effect, in the long run, suggesting that the labor migrant’s inflow is imperfectly substitutable in the Russian labor market. The result also shows a positive effect of migration policy on wages both in the short and long run, indicating that the strict migration policy can hinder the competitiveness of the labor force in the labor market.
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Azamat Valei
Ural Federal University; Charles University
Autor responsável pela correspondência
Email: azamat.valey@urfu.ru
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-9583-6542
PhD in Economics, Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education - Economics Institute (CERGE-EI), Charles University; senior researcher, Associate Professor, Ural Federal University
19 Mira St, Yekaterinburg, 620002, Russian Federation; 7 Politickych Veznu St, Prague, 111 21, Czech RepublicSuleiman Mamman
Ural Federal University
Email: onimisism@gmail.com
ORCID ID: 0000-0003-3204-0595
researcher, Laboratory for International and Regional Economics, Graduate School of Economics and Management
19 Mira St, Yekaterinburg, 620002, Russian FederationBibliografia
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