Migration as an adaptive response to ethnic nationalism in Russia

In this paper, I argue that migration responses to push factors differ along ethnic lines. I examine this hypothesis using panel survey data from the Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey, census data, and regional-level political data from Russia. I hypothesize that nationalist political parties send signals of anti-minority sentiment, which ethnic minorities interpret as threatening to their prospects in the region. This leads to a demand for an adaptive response, generating out-migration. I estimate an event history model and find that, although ethnic minorities do not demonstrate a higher propensity to migrate than the majority group, they do respond differently to political and economic push factors, in particular, to signals sent by nationalist parties.

Author dc:creator

• O'Brien, Michelle Lynn

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Pfaff, Steven J

• Ethnicity; Exit-Voice Dynamics; Migration; Nationalism; Political sociology; Russia

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright is held by the individual authors.

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/1773/27587

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digital.lib.washington.edu:1773/27587