Migration in the Soviet Successor States

28 Pages Posted: 20 Nov 2002

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Lilo Locher

IZA Institute of Labor Economics

Date Written: October 2002

Abstract

This paper analyzes the migration behavior of ethnic groups in the former Soviet Union (FSU) from 1989 to 1999. The two main migration movements have been return migration of ethnic groups to their titular nation and migration of all ethnic groups to the Russian Federation. Using factor analysis, we are able to disentangle the effects of economic wealth, growth, and political reforms on migration behavior. Ethnic sorting is found to be the major determinant of migration, which can explain both return migration and migration to Russia. The emigration behavior of Jews and ethnic Germans is found to be very similar to the migration behavior of ethnic groups migrating within the FSU.

Keywords: CIS, Place-to-place Migration, Nationality/Ethnicity, Minorities

JEL Classification: F22, J15, P26

Suggested Citation

Locher, Lilo, Migration in the Soviet Successor States (October 2002). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=341560 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.341560

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