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Assessment of the intensity and directions of population movement in the regions of the Arctic zone of Russia in 1991–2000

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Andrei G. Korovkin Open the ORCID record for Andrei G. Korovkin [Opens in a new window]  and
Arseniy L. Sinitsa Open the ORCID record for Arseniy L. Sinitsa [Opens in a new window]
Andrei G. Korovkin
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Laboratory for Labour Force Forecasting, Institute for National Economic Forecasts RAS, Nakhimovskii prospekt, 47, Moscow, 117418, Russian Federation Faculty of Economics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 1, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation
Arseniy L. Sinitsa*
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Labour Force Forecasting, Institute for National Economic Forecasts RAS, Nakhimovskii prospekt, 47, Moscow, 117418, Russian Federation Faculty of Economics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 1, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation
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Author for correspondence: Arseniy L. Sinitsa, Email: sinitsa@econ.msu.ru
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Abstract

Socio-economic transformations greatly worsened the state of the Arctic regions for residents, which led to a decrease in the population due to the significant migration outflow. Using the balance of the population movement based on data from Rosstat, we estimated the intensity of migratory movement (relocation to permanent residence) and the natural movement of the population, along with the directions of incoming movement and attrition of the population to the general population dynamics in 1991–2000 in the regions of the Arctic zone of Russia. The analysis showed that the population was characterised by greater mobility compared with the population of the country as a whole. The attrition of the population was greater than the incoming population, and the regions of the Arctic zone of Russia were the donors of the population for the rest of Russia.

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Balance of population movementArctic zone of RussiaIntensity of migrationPopulation mobilityNatural population movement

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Polar Record , Volume 57 , 2021 , e45
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