Economic Approach to the Study of Internal Migration: A Review of Foreign Theories

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	Regionalistica 2025 Volume 12 number 2 pages 50-67

Title of the article	Economic Approach to the Study of Internal Migration: A Review of Foreign Theories
Pages	50-67
Author	Kuryan Snezhana Pavlovna junior research fellow Economic Research Institute FEB RAS 153, Tikhookeanskaya Street, Khabarovsk, Russia, 680042 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ORCID: 0009-0001-5808-9293
Abstract	The article presents a review of foreign economic theories that study the phenomenon of internal or interregional migration. The main attention is paid to the systematization of theories that explain the dependence of internal migration on the socio-economic differentiation of regions, as well as the impact of internal migration on the economy of the regions of origin and destination. The theories are heterogeneous in their genesis: some of them were specifically developed to analyze internal migration, others initially arose to explain other economic phenomena and aspects of human behavior and were then adapted to explain migration. The classic works of E. Ravenstein and E. Lee, neoclassical theories of the micro- and macrolevel, modern interpretations of neoclassical theory (theory of option value of waiting, theory of compensating differentials), theory of migration networks and new economic geography are considered.
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DOI	10.14530/reg.2025.2.50
Keywords	theory of migration, factors of migration, consequences of migration, internal migration, neoclassical theory, human capital, theory of option value of waiting, theory of compensating differentials, new economic geography
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For citation	Kuryan S.P. Economic Approach to the Study of Internal Migration: A Review of Foreign Theories. Regionalistica [Regionalistics]. 2025. Vol. 12. No. 2. Pp. 50–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.14530/reg.2025.2.50 (In Russian)
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