Features and Trends in External Migration in the Republic of Belarus
Features and Trends in External Migration in the Republic of Belarus

Summary/Abstract: This study identified the major trends in external migration, typical of the current development stage of the Republic of Belarus and their effect on the economy. The consequences of theglobal financial and economic crisis had a considerable impact on migration flows around the globe.These processes are reflected in the growing tension in the labour markets in different countries.The basic features of the Belarusian labour market remain the low share of the private sector andexcessive state interventionism. For the Belarusian economy, which is in transition, the initialinflow of foreign labour resources at the beginning of the 2000s has transformed into a clear trendtowards an outflow of skilled workers. This trend requires a detailed analysis of current processesand identification of the major directions and causes of migration, especially in the depopulationprocesses observed. The analysis presented in this paper is based on data from the National Statistics Committee of the Republic of Belarus and covers the years 2014-2018.The comparative statistical analysis method used in the study (creating time series reflectingchanges of the phenomenon over time) identified the current trends and characteristic featuresof internal migration processes in the Republic of Belarus. Moreover, the main directions of populationmovements were determined as well as the causes of changes in the structure and intensityof migration flows.

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