Characteristics and Determinants of Internal Labor Mobility in Ukraine

Over the past 20 years Ukraine experienced fundamental structural changes due to transition to a market economy and integration with the world. Transition reforms accompanied by the collapse of traditional trade and production links with the other republics of the former USSR and Comecon countries entailed asymmetric effects on regions, reflecting an uneven distribution of winners and losers from transition. Geographical mobility of labor is one of the major mechanisms (alongside with capital mobility, wage and price flexibility, and institutional mechanisms for redistributing income across regions) in facilitating regional adjustment to idiosyncratic shocks. The ability of workers to move freely from one geographical location to another inside the borders of their country, in pursuing the same occupation or changing occupations, is of particular importance for efficient matching of labor demand and supply and reducing structural unemployment. This paper seeks to fill gap in the literature on patterns of internal labor mobility in Ukraine, its main characteristics and potential for reducing persistent regional labor market disparities and imbalances in economic and human development. The next chapters of the paper are organized as follows: second chapter evaluates the magnitude of disparities in regional labor market and socio-economic indicators over time, with a special focus on its potential impact on decision of individuals to migrate to another settlement; third chapter provides an overview of the available data sources on internal labor mobility in Ukraine, quantifies internal migration based on aggregate administrative data, discusses its trends over time and compares it levels to those found in developed and transition economies. Fourth chapter provides multivariate statistical analysis of the determinants of inter-regional migration in 2002-2010 based on administrative region-level data. Fifth chapter summarizes the findings of empirical studies on determinants of the migration decision of Ukrainians. Sixth chapter examines short-term labor migration including everyday commuting in 2005-2010 and measures its covariates using individual-level Labor Force Survey (LFS) data. Seventh chapter summarizes the main findings and concludes.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Kupets, Olga
Format:	Report biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012-05
Subjects:	ADJACENT REGIONS, ADMINISTRATIVE REGION, ADULT MALES, ADULT POPULATION, ADULT WORKERS, AGE CATEGORY, AGE COMPOSITION, AGE GROUP, AGE GROUPS, AIR POLLUTION, ATTRITION, AVERAGE WAGES, BACKWARD REGIONS, BIG CITIES, BORDERS, BOTH SEXES, BRAIN DRAIN, CAPITAL REGION, CITIZEN, COLLECTIVE BARGAINING, COMMUTING, DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS, DEPRESSED REGIONS, DIVORCE, DOCUMENTED MIGRANTS, DRINKING WATER, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ELDERLY, EMPLOYMENT GROWTH, EMPLOYMENT LOSSES, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY, FEMALE MIGRANTS, GENDER DIFFERENCES, GROSS WAGE, GROSS WAGES, HEALTH CARE, HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT, HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT AREAS, HIGH WAGES, HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HOUSEHOLD INCOMES, HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS, HOUSING, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN RESOURCES, ILLNESS, IMMIGRANT, IMMIGRATION, INCOME ACROSS REGIONS, INFANT, INFANT MORTALITY, INFORMATION ON POPULATION, INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS, INSUFFICIENT INCOME, INTER-REGIONAL MIGRATION, INTERNAL MIGRANTS, INTERNAL MIGRATION, INTERNATIONAL MIGRANT, INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION, INVESTMENT IN CHILDREN, JOB CREATION, JOB OPPORTUNITIES, JOB TRAINING, JOBS, LABOR DEMAND, LABOR FORCE, LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION, LABOR MARKET, LABOR MARKET ADJUSTMENT, LABOR MARKET CHARACTERISTICS, LABOR MARKET DEVELOPMENT, LABOR MARKET PERFORMANCE, LABOR MARKET RIGIDITIES, LABOR MARKETS, LABOR MIGRATION, LABOR MOBILITY, LABOR PRODUCTIVITY, LABOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH, LABOR SUPPLY, LIFE EXPECTANCY, LIVING CONDITIONS, LIVING STANDARDS, LOCAL COMMUNITY, LOCAL ECONOMY, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, LOCAL POPULATION, LOW UNEMPLOYMENT, LOW UNEMPLOYMENT RATES, MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, MARKET ECONOMY, MIGRANT, MIGRANT WORKERS, MIGRATION DATA, MIGRATION FLOW, MIGRATION FLOWS, MIGRATION PATTERNS, MIGRATION POLICY, MIGRATION RATES, MIGRATION STATISTICS, MIGRATIONS, MILITARY PERSONNEL, MOBILITY OF LABOR, MORTALITY, MORTALITY RATE, MOVEMENTS OF PEOPLE, NATIONAL LEVEL, NATIONAL SECURITY, NUMBER OF MIGRANTS, NUMBER OF PERSONS, OCCUPATION, OCCUPATIONS, OLD AGE, ON-THE-JOB TRAINING, PERMANENT MIGRATION, PERMANENT RESIDENCE, PLACE OF RESIDENCE, POOR LIVING, POPULATION CENSUS, POPULATION DECLINE, POPULATION DENSITY, POPULATION MIGRATION, POPULATION SIZE, POPULATION STATISTICS, POTENTIAL MIGRANTS, POVERTY ASSESSMENT, PREVIOUS DRAFTS, PRIMARY REASON, PRIMARY SOURCE, PRIVATE SECTOR, PROSPEROUS REGIONS, PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT, PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYEES, PUBLIC SERVICES, PULL FACTORS, PUSH FACTORS, QUALITY OF LIFE, REAL WAGE, REGIONAL ADJUSTMENT, REGIONAL AVERAGE, REGIONAL CENTERS, REGIONAL CITIES, REGIONAL CITY, REGIONAL CONVERGENCE, REGIONAL DEMAND, REGIONAL DIFFERENCES, REGIONAL DIFFERENTIALS, REGIONAL DISPARITIES, REGIONAL DISPERSION, REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION, REGIONAL IMBALANCES, REGIONAL INCENTIVES, REGIONAL INCOME, REGIONAL INDICATORS, REGIONAL INEQUALITIES, REGIONAL LABOR, REGIONAL LEVEL, REGIONAL POLICIES, REGIONAL POPULATION, REGIONAL PRODUCT, REGIONAL SHOCKS, REGIONAL STATISTICS, REGIONAL STUDIES, REGIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT, REGIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATES, REMITTANCES, REMOTE REGIONS, RETIREMENT, RETURN MIGRATION, RETURNEES, RURAL AREAS, RURAL DIVIDE, RURAL FEMALE, RURAL INHABITANTS, RURAL PEOPLE, RURAL POPULATION, RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION, SECONDARY EDUCATION, SERVANTS, SEX, SKILL PREMIUMS, SKILLED WORKERS, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL EXPENDITURES, SOCIAL FACTORS, SOCIAL PROTECTION, SOCIAL SECURITY, SPATIAL DIFFERENCES, SPATIAL VARIATIONS, SPOUSE, STRUCTURAL UNEMPLOYMENT, TEENS, TERRITORIAL MOBILITY, TERTIARY EDUCATION, TOTAL EMPLOYMENT, TRANSPORTATION, UNEMPLOYED, UNEMPLOYMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, UNEMPLOYMENT RATES, URBAN AREAS, URBAN MIGRATION, URBAN POPULATION, URBAN WORKERS, URBANIZATION, VOCATIONAL TRAINING, WAGE DISPARITIES, WAGE GROWTH, WAGE INDICATORS, WAGE PREMIUM, WAR, WORKFORCE, WORKING-AGE POPULATION, YOUNG ADULTS, YOUNG PEOPLE,
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