COMMON LABOR MARKET AND MIGRATION: NEW OPPORTUNITIES WHITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF EEU
In the context of the EEU development and formation of a common labor market the article illustrates the role of migration in the process. The author represents the features of the common labor market phased formation in the common economic space of the EEU. The author compares the indicators of demographic development of the countries included in the EEU, the other members of the CIS, and characterizes the transition of the EEU countries to the mono-structural population composition as a result of ethnic migrations. The article analyzes the migration exchange between Russia and other countries of the EEU, and the scale of labor migration and its impact on labor markets. There is proved to consider the EEU as a testing ground for developing elements of a common labor market and economic mechanisms aimed at efficient use of labor potential of the EEU countries in the former Soviet space.
Keywords: population, migration, the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), common labor market, demographic and labor potential, labor migrants.
Anatoly V. Topilin, Divisional Manager of Demographics, Migration Policy and Labor Market Regulation of Human Capital Assets and Employment Policy Development Center, Doctor of Economics, Professor. - Institute of Macro-Economic Research, Moscow.