According to Andriy Haidutsky, migrants have a positive effect on GDP.
Julia Samaeva migration policy expert Andriy Haidutsky .
“There is a direct correlation between the share of migrants in the population structure and the level of development of the country. On average, in developed countries, the share of migrants is about 27% of the total population, and in the top 10 countries – 37%. In Ukraine, this figure is about 10 times less, “says Haidutsky.
Migrants make a greater contribution to GDP growth than indigenous peoples because they work harder, the expert said. In 2020, the National Bank of Poland conducted a study on the impact of Ukrainian migrants on GDP growth. If in the structure of the population of Poland Ukrainians occupy about 5%, in 2018 they provided 13% of the total GDP growth, which amounted to 5.4%. In Ukraine in 2018, GDP grew by only 3.4%. That is, Ukraine lost at least 0.5% of its GDP growth due to the residence of about 2 million Ukrainians in Poland.
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“This once again eloquently shows that it is necessary to introduce programs to attract migrants to the economy of Ukraine. As we know, back in March 2021, the Government approved the National Economic Strategy until 2030, which provides for the realization of Ukraine's economic potential of 1 trillion US dollars. But who will do it? After all, almost 60% of this potential is accounted for by natural resources, primarily subsoil. This is actually work in the so-called harmful 3-D industries (dirty, difficult, dangerous). Ukrainians do not want to work here en masse, but we see their large-scale reorientation to trade, services and IT. Up to 80% of these jobs could be filled by immigrants. This was the case in post-war Germany, when almost all Koreans were involved in the coal industry because the Germans did not want to work there, “said Haidutsky.
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