External labor migration in Ukraine: motives, scope, consequences

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of age and gender, professional and qualification characteristics of labour migrants from Ukraine. It is shown that gender, age, qualification and work experience in Ukraine can be important factors in labour migration, in particular, to determine its motives. They can also essentially determine the effects of labour migration processes, primarily on national and regional labour markets. The main sources of data for studying the processes of external labour migration in Ukraine are considered. On the example of Lviv and Zakarpattya regions, main directions of the use of labour migrants' incomes have been analysed.