Impact of globalization of the world economy on the transboundary labor migration in the Russian border region Karelia

Abstract

Labor migration in the border region is one of the important processes of interaction of neighboring countries. This process intensifi es in a globalizing world economy. The article presents a study of international labor migration from the Republic of Karelia, Russia. The article presents the Karelia’s labor migration and make an analysis of how well they correspond to the world trends of labor migration; highlights of the institutional conditions for migration of population in Karelia; the method of research and the results of the study; proposals for authorities in regulation of migration fl ows at regional level in a globalizing world economy.