Migrant workers in labour markets of Russian western borderlands

International labour migration has a substantial impact on the development of the labour market. The article presents the typology of the Russian western border regions by the sensitivity to social migration risks for their labour markets. More than half of these regions are sensitive to the risks o...

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Published in:International migration 2021-10, Vol.59 (5), p.82-98
Main Author: Lialina, Anna V.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Borders
Earnings
Labor force
Labor market
Labor migration
Marginality
Migrant workers
Risk
Typology
Unemployed people
Workers
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Summary:International labour migration has a substantial impact on the development of the labour market. The article presents the typology of the Russian western border regions by the sensitivity to social migration risks for their labour markets. More than half of these regions are sensitive to the risks of labour force marginalization and wage dumping. Labour markets with a significant share of foreign migrant workers, that is in St. Petersburg, the Nenetsky autonomous area, Leningrad and Kaliningrad regions, turned out to be the most sensitive to the manifestation of risks. The pressure of foreign migrant workers on the unemployed and native part‐time workers here is considerable with migrant earnings reaching up to 48.5% of the regional average. But these social risks are unlikely to materialize now since the labour market tension here is low. The least exposed areas are the city of Sevastopol and the Republic of Crimea.
ISSN:0020-7985
1468-2435
DOI:10.1111/imig.12801