Factors of migration growth in modern Russia’s regions

Abstract

This article provides the analysis of migration situation in Russian regions. It also deals with such issue as uneven flows of migration among the regions. Such quantative methods were used to evaluate the factors of migration processes, as correlation, regression, cluster, factor analysis, analysis of variance and GIS analysis. Basing on the results of statistical analysis it was found that the strongest factors that make an impact on migration situation in regions are region’s public image and social-economical profile. Furthermore, six groups of regions were developed based on their migration attraction. The least favorable in terms of this study are “outsider” regions, in which the migration loss is high due to low value of certain variables (this includes Far Eastern District, Siberian District and North Caucasus District). At the same time, there is a rather small group of favorable districts with steady migration flow. Such Districts’ subjects as North-West and South Federal were found to be the center of attraction. Despite the above, most regions of Central Russia are neutral in terms of migration dynamics. It was concluded that social-economic factors such as standards of life and public image of a region (recreational appeal, climate etc.) make a valuable impact on migration attraction of Russian Federation subjects.