Revisiting the Contemporary Otkhodnichestvo as a Traditional Subsistence Pattern in the Russian Province
Abstract
Domestic temporary labor migration is a phenomenon of pro-active forced circular departure from home, where the labor market had collapsed, to work in economically developed regions. Experts’ estimates of this phenomenon magnitude vary, but practically all of them admit its substantial impact on labor market on the one hand, and on social and economic processes in the province on the other hand. The scales and the complexity of this problem cause its importance both for the researches and the state. However, this phenomenon is studied fragmentarily, compared to more “visible” cross-border and commuter migration: the official statistics accounting agencies don’t record such a migration. Due to the same reason migrants’ activity is not regulated by the state. Observations on this specific type of migration allows finding out substantial concordance of domestic temporary labor migrants’ and historical peasants-otkhodniks’ characteristics. At the same time, the phenomenon of both new and historical otkhodnichestvo is similar to soviet «shabashnichestvo» on its characteristics. The article deals with the analysis of the contemporary otkhodnichestvo as a traditional subsistence pattern in the Russian province.
About the Authors
N. N. Zhidkevich
Higher School of Economics, Moscow
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
J. M. Plusnin
Higher School of Economics, Moscow
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
A. A. Pozanenko
Higher School of Economics, Moscow
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Zhidkevich N.N., Plusnin J.M., Pozanenko A.A. Revisiting the Contemporary Otkhodnichestvo as a Traditional Subsistence Pattern in the Russian Province. World of Economics and Management. 2015;15(2):132–142. (In Russ.)
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