As a result of the collapse of the Soviet Union, five million Russian and Russian-speaking people repatriated to Russia during 1990 - 2002. I use this natural experiment to study labor market assimilation of migrants and their effect on the employment and wages of the local population. I show...

The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 has given rise to massive population movements among the newly independent countries that were formerly Soviet republics. Five million Russian and Russian-speaking people repatriated to Russia during 1990-2002. In this paper I study labor market...