On the website of the Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting is available in the public domain the policy brief "Labor migration as a factor of economic growth in Ukraine" of Kostiantyn Kravchuk, researcher of the IER.
According to a survey on labor migration, which was held in 2012, 1.2 million citizens of Ukraine work abroad. However, analysis of data from the EU and Russia indicates that this estimate is too low. The number of Ukrainian labor migrants abroad is estimated at 1.5-2 million people, or 6.8-9.1% economically active population of Ukraine. The contribution of labor migration in the country's economy is small - in the range of 2.1% to 4% of GDP. This is evidence to suggest that such migration is impractical to consider as a source of accelerated economic development.
The policy brief has been prepared for the project "Migration from Ukraine after visa abolition by the EU", which is performed by the Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting (IER) with the support of the International Renaissance Foundation and the International Visegrad Fund.
