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Educational Migration as a Tool for Increasing the Labor Force
Tamara K. Rostovskaya
Dr.Sci. (Sociol.), Professor, Deputy Director for Research, Institute for Demographic Research – Branch of the Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (6 bd. 1 Fotieva St., Moscow 119333, Russian Federation), Director of the Institute of Modern Languages, Intercultural Communication and Migration, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (6 Miklukho-Maklaya St., Moscow 117198, Russian Federation), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1629-7780, Researcher ID: F-5579-2018, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Leysan A. Davletshina
Cand.Sci. (Econ.), Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Chair of Statistics, State University of Management (99 Ryazan Ave., Moscow 109542, Russian Federation), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1497-1751, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Abstract
Introduction. The decrease in the population of Russia in recent decades has been caused by ongoing natural decline and decrease in migration growth. The government’s policy of increasing the country’s migration attractiveness has not yet produced the expected results. The average version of the population forecast indicates a decrease in the number, an increase in the proportion of the population older than the able-bodied, a decrease in the proportion of the population younger than the able-bodied, which will subsequently be reflected in the size of the workforce. The purpose of the study is to analyze the current parameters of the labor force; to study educational migration as a source of attracting foreign graduates to work in Russia.
Materials and Methods. The paper examines the current parameters of the Russian labor force, and draws conclusions on changes in key labor market indicators. The current regulations and legal acts regulating labor migration have been identified, including those on attracting highly qualified specialists and retaining graduates from foreign countries to work in Russia.
Results. As a result of the study of the state policy in the field of education, measures have been identified to expand the accessibility of the educational services market in Russia for foreign students. Possible options for their further employment in Russian companies and for work abroad are presented. The state policy of the main donor countries of foreign students in Russia, as well as government regulation measures in Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, has been studied.
Discussion and Conclusion. The results of this study can be used in the process of developing state migration and educational policy, in the field of improving the legislative regulation of educational migration and the subsequent attraction of foreign graduates to employment in Russia.
Keywords: educational migration, labor force, CIS countries, depopulation, highly qualified specialist, state regulation
Conflict of interests: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
For citation: Rostovskaya T.K., Davletshina L.A. Educational Migration as a Tool for Increasing the Labor Force. Integration of Education. 2024;28(3):347–365. https://doi.org/10.15507/1991-9468.116.028.202403.347-365
All authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
Submitted 12.02.2024;
revised 28.04.2024;
accepted 06.05.2024.
Authors’ contribution:
T. K. Rostovskaya – scientific guidance; provision of resources; critical analysis and revision of the text.
L. A. Davletshina – study of the concept; preparation of the initial version of the text; collection of data and evidence; visualization/presentation of data in the text; computer work; formalized data analysis; critical analysis and revision of the text.
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