Title: Labour mobility in emerging economies: a contribution to provision of employees' competitiveness in the age of intellectual machines

Authors: Khadizhat M. Khadzhalova; Shahmardan S. Muduev; Sabina E. Savzikhanova; Olga V. Budzinskaya; Zagrat Z. Arslagereeva

Addresses: Research Institute of Management, Economics, Politics and Sociology, Dagestan State University of National Economy, Makhachkala, Russia ' Research Institute of Management, Economics, Politics and Sociology, Dagestan State University of National Economy, Makhachkala, Russia ' Dagestan State University of National Economy, Makhachkala, Russia ' Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas, Moscow, Russia ' Dagestan State Technical University, Russia

Abstract: The goal of this paper is to determine and compare the contribution of digital and physical labour mobility to the provision of employees' competitiveness in the age of intellectual machines in emerging economies. Originality and advantage of the new approach consist in considering the specifics of the age of intellectual machines as a modern context of economic systems' development. This allows taking into account new criteria of employees' competitiveness and considering an alternative - digital - mechanism of labour mobility, which envisages online communications, virtual transfer of knowledge, experience, and information, and remote employment abroad (preserving the main job in the country of residence) instead of physical relocation of employees (migration from one country to another). Contribution of this research to the theory and practice of economic policy consists in proving the negative influence of labour migration on employees' competitiveness in the age of intellectual machines.

Keywords: labour mobility; international migration; digital mobility; emerging economies; employees' competitiveness; age of intellectual machines; economic policy.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEPEE.2024.139082

International Journal of Economic Policy in Emerging Economies, 2024 Vol.19 No.3/4, pp.357 - 367

Received: 16 Oct 2020
Accepted: 23 Jan 2021
Published online: 12 Jun 2024 *

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