Mulska Olha, PhD (Economics), Research Fellow, Department of Social and Humanitarian Development of Regions, Dolishniy Institute of Regional Research of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv, Ukraine

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-1666-3971
e-mail: oliochka.mulska@gmail.com

Baranyak Ihor, Senior Engineer, Department of Social and Humanitarian Development of Regions, Dolishniy Institute of Regional Research of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv, Ukraine

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-1467-0262
e-mail: ihorbaranyak@gmail.com

Kyrylenko Anna, applicant for higher education of Accounting and Finance Faculty, Mykolayiv National Agrarian University, Mykolayiv, Ukraine

e-mail: annakirilenko9633@ukr.net

Demographic and Socioeconomic Effects of Strengthening External Migration Activity of the Population in Ukraine

Abstract. Introduction. Ukraine, as a donor of human resources, is a participant in numerous migration vectors (western and eastern ones), which are characterized by different levels of intensity of migration flows and the reasons for their formation. In the scientific discourse, there are no comprehensive studies of the impact of external migration activity of the population on the socio-demographic potential and the socioeconomic development of the country. There is a shortage of scientific researches on assessing the casualness of external migration and socioeconomic conditions. In the context of Ukraine’s Euro-Atlantic integration, the EU countries, particularly Germany, are an attractive environment for employment, training, and personal growth of modern Ukrainian migrants.

The purpose is to analyse the socio-demographic and socioeconomic effects of external migration processes (in the case of the Ukrainian-German migration vector). The novelty is to assess the socio-demographic situation in Ukraine and Germany, as well as to identify and justify the casualness of migration processes and socioeconomic development of countries.

Results. It is proved that the potential of natural demographic reproduction in the EU countries is exhausted. Immigration is the main driver of the problem of demographic reproduction, and the liberal migration policy of some EU countries allows maintaining the positive trends of the population of natural reproduction. The macroeconomic situation in Ukraine and Germany for 2006-2018 is analysed, which allows identifying some gaps in the economic development of countries that have become the main factors in the formation of the Ukrainian-German migration vector.

Conclusions. A socio-demographic portrait of a Ukrainian migrant in Germany has been constructed. The gender and territorial authentic features of migration have been identified, which is a factor in optimizing the demographic structure of the German population, reducing the negative effects of the demographic crisis in the country.

Keywords: Ukrainian-German migration vector; socio-demographic effects; socioeconomic consequences; birth rate; demo reproduction; labour migrants.

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