New paper by Evgenia Chernina is published in the IZA Journal of Development and Migration
New paper by CLMS Research Fellow Evgenia Chernina "The Role of Migration Experience in Migrants’ Destination Choice" is published in the IZA Journal of Development and Migration.
Abstract
In this article, we employ a panel household survey from Tajikistan to study labor migrants’ location choices in Russia. We find that labor migrants from Tajikistan consider a wide variety of economic, demographic, and geographical characteristics of Russian regions when making location choices. We also find that experienced migrants are less responsive to current regional characteristics that might suggest path dependence in destination choices by experienced migrants.
Keywords: Russia; Tajikistan; international migration; labor migration; location choice