Study: Serpukhov, Dubna and Sergiev Posad formed their own labor markets

Scientists from the Higher School of Economics, Moscow State University and the Russian Academy of Sciences studied the flows of pendulum migration in the Moscow region and came to the conclusion: Serpukhov, Dubna and Sergiev Posad formed as full-fledged independent centers of the labor market.

The stereotype that a resident of the Moscow region necessarily every morning goes to work in the capital, the study does not confirm. The authors analyzed how labor trips in the region are actually arranged, and identified cities where jobs are located near home.

Serpukhov, Dubna and Sergiev Posad are called “points of attraction” with a developed labor market. They provide employment for their residents and at the same time attract personnel from neighbouring areas and other areas.

According to experts, to assess the suburban cities solely through their proximity to Moscow is an outdated approach. Even if some of the citizens continue to travel to the capital, a powerful and independent labor market can form within the city itself.