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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Economics</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Economics</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Экономика</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-2329</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2408-8986</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">30100</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-2329-2021-29-4-673-688</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>INTERNATIONAL LABOR MARKET AND INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>МИРОВОЙ РЫНОК ТРУДА И МЕЖДУНАРОДНАЯ МИГРАЦИЯ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Does flexible migration policy spur competitiveness in the labor market? A case of migrants in the Russian Federation</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Повышает ли гибкая политика в области трудовой миграции конкурентоспособность на рынке труда? Исследование рынка труда Российской Федерации</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9583-6542</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Valei</surname><given-names>Azamat</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Валей</surname><given-names>Азамат</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD in Economics, Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education - Economics Institute (CERGE-EI), Charles University; senior researcher, Associate Professor, Ural Federal University</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>кандидат экономических наук, Центр экономических исследований и послевузовского образования - Институт экономики, Карлов университет; старший научный сотрудник, доцент, Уральский федеральный университет</p></bio><email>azamat.valey@urfu.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3204-0595</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Mamman</surname><given-names>Suleiman O.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Мамман</surname><given-names>Сулейман О.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>researcher, Laboratory for International and Regional Economics, Graduate School of Economics and Management</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>научный сотрудник, лаборатория международной и региональной экономики, Высшая школа экономики и менеджмента</p></bio><email>onimisism@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Ural Federal University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Уральский федеральный университет</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff2"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Charles University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Карлов университет</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2021-12-30" publication-format="electronic"><day>30</day><month>12</month><year>2021</year></pub-date><volume>29</volume><issue>4</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">VOL 29, NO4 (2021)</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">ТОМ 29, №4 (2021)</issue-title><fpage>673</fpage><lpage>688</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2022-01-26"><day>26</day><month>01</month><year>2022</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2021, Valei A., Mamman S.O.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2021, Валей А., Мамман С.О.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2021</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Valei A., Mamman S.O.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Валей А., Мамман С.О.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/economics/article/view/30100">https://journals.rudn.ru/economics/article/view/30100</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p style="text-align: justify;">With the influx of labor migrants across the globe and developed countries being on the receiving end, countries like the Russian Federation have implemented strict migration policies to check the inflow of these migrants, mainly from low-income countries. However, with theoretical underpin the increase in labor migrants brings about competitiveness in the receiving countries’ labor market. The current study evaluates whether the Russian labor migration policy promotes competitiveness given the characteristics of labor migrants in Russia. The study carried out panel data analysis for 14 countries within Russian region and an aggregated data from the rest of the world using the non-stationary heterogeneous panel model and estimators of mean group and pooled mean group. The result first presents strong cointegration between wage levels and labor supply (immigrant, emigrants, and native workforce). The result then reveals a negative effect of immigrants’ inflow and native workforce on wage levels in the short run but a positive effect, in the long run, suggesting that the labor migrant’s inflow is imperfectly substitutable in the Russian labor market. The result also shows a positive effect of migration policy on wages both in the short and long run, indicating that the strict migration policy can hinder the competitiveness of the labor force in the labor market.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p style="text-align: justify;">В связи с увеличивающимися глобальными потоками трудовых мигрантов по всему миру и в особенности в принимающих их развитых странах, такие государства, как Российская Федерация, проводят строгую миграционную политику для снижения миграционной нагрузки, прежде всего со стороны рабочих из стран с низкими доходами. При этом увеличение числа трудовых мигрантов приводит к повышению конкурентоспособности на рынке труда принимающих стран. В представленном исследовании проводится оценка того, способствует ли российская политика в области трудовой миграции конкурентоспособности с учетом характеристик трудовых мигрантов. Проанализированы панельные данные для 14 стран в пределах российского региона и агрегированные данные из остального мира. Результаты доказывают наличие первоначально сильной зависимости между уровнями заработной платы и предложением рабочей силы (иммигранты, эмигранты и местная рабочая сила), что ведет к отрицательному влиянию притока иммигрантов и местной рабочей силы на уровень заработной платы в краткосрочной перспективе, но положительному - в долгосрочной, хотя и предполагается, что приток трудовых мигрантов несовершенно замещаем на российском рынке труда. Показано положительное влияние миграционной политики на заработную плату, как в краткосрочной, так и в долгосрочной перспективе, принимая во внимание, что строгая миграционная политика может снизить конкурентоспособность рабочей силы на рынке труда.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>migration policy</kwd><kwd>labor market</kwd><kwd>non-stationary panel</kwd><kwd>labor migrants</kwd><kwd>Russia</kwd><kwd>competitiveness</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>миграционная политика</kwd><kwd>рынок труда</kwd><kwd>нестационарная панель</kwd><kwd>трудовые мигранты</kwd><kwd>Россия</kwd><kwd>конкурентоспособность</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Altonji, J., &amp; Card, D. (1991). The effects of immigration on the labor market outcomes of less-skilled natives. Immigration, Trade, and the Labor Market (pp. 201-234). 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