Implementation of Migration Attitudes of Young People of the Volgograd Region in the Conditions of Digitalization

Abstract

In difficult socio-economic conditions, studies are being updated to identify factors affecting the labor migration of young people, as well as studies focused on predicting the situation in regions with an unfavorable demographic situation. Labor migration is the result of the formation of new behaviors of young people studying and working, but the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has had a great impact on this process today. In the regions, conditions have been created for the organization of remote work, management processes are being optimized, etc. The purpose of this study is to identify the migration attitudes of young people in the Volgograd region, as well as to assess the impact of the development of remote forms of employment on the prospects of youth labor migration. The paper presents the data of a sociological study conducted in 2021 by a mass survey of young people aged 18 to 35 years living in the Volgograd region (quota sample, n=576). As well as data from an expert survey of employer representatives and specialists involved in the implementation of the federal project “Personnel for the Digital Economy”, strategic objectives for the development of remote technologies were identified and the impact of digitalization on the adaptation of young people in the labor market was assessed. The study made it possible to systematize the conditions in which young people are ready for labor migration, as well as the prospects for reducing the outflow of young people to large cities. The results obtained in the course of the study will serve as a basis for further search for resources to stabilize migration flows in the region and create conditions for self-realization of young professionals in the labor market.