Ira Gang
Rutgers University
Department of Economics
E-mail: gang@economics.rutgers.edu
Item Number: [J30]
Title: Urban to Urban Migration: Soviet Patterns and Post-Soviet
Implications
Abstract: In spite of the existence of a large body of literature
on migration in the Soviet Union, our knowledge is incomplete due in large
part to the past absence of microeconomic (household) data. This study
specifies and estimates a basic model of urban to urban migration to isolate
and to identify those variables important to understanding the migration
decision. Using data from the Soviet Interview Project (SIP), we examine
the forces influencing the decision to migrate or not to migrate, and in
addition, for those who did migrate, the forces influencing the locational
choices made. The results indicate that while some of the traditional
factors influencing migration are important, others are not, suggesting that
in the post-Soviet era, differentiating the persistence of Soviet-type forces
from emerging market-type forces will be important for an understanding of
urban to urban migration.
Reference: Robert C. Stuart and Ira N. Gang, Urban to Urban
Migration: Soviet Patterns and Post-Soviet Implications (with Robert
C. Stuart), Comparative Economic Studies, 38 (1996) 21-36.
Co-Author Information:
Robert C. Stuart
Rutgers University
E-Mail: stuart@economics.rutgers.edu
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