Evaluating the Internal Forced Migration in Ukraine and Its Influence on the Labor Market

Abstract

The article considers modern features of the internal forced migration in Ukraine and its socio-economic consequences. The main challenges associated with forced displacement of population as a result of the political and military conflict are determined. Relevance of the State regulation of the processes of internal forced migration is substantiated. The phenomenon of migration and its problematics in the scientific works of foreign authors are considered. The authors analyze the scope and directions of internal forced migration, indicators of the composition and structure of internally displaced persons (IDPs), the distribution of internally displaced persons on the territory of Ukraine. The influence of internal forced migration on the status of labor market and the structure of unemployment in Ukraine is researched. The authors prove that there are positive effects of migration on the regional labor markets. On the basis of defining the socio-economic features of internal forced migration, the article proposes measures in order to regulate supply and demand of manpower of IDPs and to strike a balance between them in regional labor markets of Ukraine.

Keywords

• internal forced migration
• internally displaced person
• labor market
• unemployed
• the State regulation