Использование труда мигрантов — угроза или преимущество для развития российской экономики
The Use of Migrant Labour — Threat or Advantage for Russian Economical Development?

Summary/Abstract: The article is devoted to a relevant problem of labour migration, the potentially possible threats and advantages ofattracting and using of foreign migrant labour in the framework of the Russian economy are considered. The purpose of thiswork is to establish the how the migration processes influence over the current state of the Russian economy, and whether itis possible to meet the demand in the labour force by attracting labour migrants. The research method is the analysis of thestatistical indicators of the Russian regions’ development, of demographic, migratory and financial situations in the RussianFederation. The results of the study are presented in the form of a quantitative assessment of the potential threats to theinternal market due to the use of external migrant labour, which has already led to the Russian economic disruption, thedevaluation of the Russian ruble, the growth of current account deficit, the load on the pension system of Russia. Therefore,we must not forget the positive aspects — rejuvenation of the age composition of the population, occupation of vacant jobsby the workers in the disadvantaged Russian regions, the increasing size of tax revenues to the Russian budget system byfiling patents on employment activity. The presented results of the study can be used by public authorities in the migrationpolicy, labour and social work for the development of the state programme stimulating internal and external migrants foremployment in the regions with a shortage of manpower. The conducted research allows to define the relationship betweenlabour migrants and economic activity of local population, to characterize the reasons of external labour migration and toanalyse the consequences of migration for the host country.

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