LABOUR MIGRATION OF THE POPULATION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Abstract

Migration of the population is one of the most important demographic processes. Migration renders a significant impact on the changes of the structure of the population and as a result – on the general economic indicators of the country. One of the driving factors of migration is the search for more attractive work. Namely this factor during recent years, under the conditions of transformations in the Russian economy, has become the dominating one in migration processes. However, the economic difficulties of moving to a permanent place of residence to another region, cause the fact that in Russia of decisive meaning is pendulum or seasonal labour migration. Many people, who live permanently in one region and work in another, do not change the region of their permanent residence. This phenomenon is very difficult to measure and evaluate statistically. The given paper presents an approach to the statistical evaluation of labour migration in Russia. The microdata of the labour force survey were taken as a source of information for the research. Within the framework of this survey, one million people are interviewed, and the latter ensures the representativeness of the final data. The article presents a statistical analysis of labour migration in Russia and indicates the points of attraction of labour migrants, as well as the most depressed regions.