Internal labor migration: theoretical approaches, prospects, threats and ways of negotiation (by the example of the city of Berezovsky, Sverdlovsk region)

The article discusses the main interdisciplinary approaches to the study of migration processes in society: mercantilism, neoclassical economic theory, micro-level theory, microeconomic theory of individual choice, theory of «push-pull», theory of historical structuralism, new economic theory of migration, theory of segmented markets, world systems theory, theory of social networks, theory of structuring, theory of cumulative causation and synthetic theory. The authors analyze the results of empirical research prospects of internal migration within the same region, where the donor was a small town, and the recipient - a metropolis. The article describes the social portrait of young people receiving vocational education and prone to move in the nearest future, as well as the risks of the increasing trend of unilateral movement of population. Approximate forecast of the share of migrant workers from the city of Berezovsky (Sverdlovsk Region) among today students is given, the main recommendations to improve the competitiveness of small towns are listed.