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Post-socialist transition and the intergenerational transmission of education in Kyrgyzstan
Brück, Tilman; Esenaliev, Damir - 2013
transition from socialism to a market economy. We draw on evidence from Kyrgyzstan using data from three household surveys … collected in 1993, 1998 and 2011. We find that Kyrgyzstan, like Eastern European middle income transition economies, generally … younger population. -- intergenerational mobility ; educational attainment ; gender ; transition economy ; Kyrgyzstan …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009729022
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Return migration and self-employment : evidence from Kyrgyzstan
Brück, Tilman; Mahé, Clotilde; Naudé, Wim - 2018
Kyrgyzstan Study, a rich longitudinal data set from a transition economy with high levels of international temporary migration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011798170
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The regulation of migration in a transition economy : China's Hukou system
Bao, Shuming; Bodvarsson, Örn B.; Hou, Jack W.; Zhao, … - 2009
Unlike most countries, China regulates internal migration. Public benefits, access to good quality housing, schools, health care, and attractive employment opportunities are available only to those who have local registration (Hukou). Coincident with the deepening of economic reforms, Hukou has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003904680
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Remittances and children's capabilities : new evidence from Kyrgyzstan, 2005 - 2008
Kröger, Antje; Anderson, Kathryn H. - 2012
habits among boys in remittance or transfer receiving households. In the long run, Kyrgyzstan needs human capital development …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009530307
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Temporary international migration, shocks and informal insurance: analysis using panel data
Chakraborty, Tanika; Pandey, Manish - 2021
We use panel data for rural Kyrgyzstan to examine households' international migration response when faced with shocks …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419122
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Patrilocal residence and female labour supply
Landmann, Andreas; Seitz, Helke; Steiner, Susan - 2017
youngest son of a family usually lives with his parents. Using data from Kyrgyzstan, we therefore instrument co-residence with … who co-reside in Kyrgyzstan have more children, spend similar time on housekeeping tasks and child care, and invest more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011704318
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Emigration and alcohol consumption among migrant household members staying behind : evidence from Kyrgyzstan
Paulone, Sara; Ivlevs, Artjoms - 2019
(migrant monetary transfers), and alcohol consumption of migrant household members staying behind in Kyrgyzstan, a poor post …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011971559
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Bride kidnapping and labour supply behaviour of married Kyrgyz women
Arabsheibani, Gholam Reza; Kudebayeva, Alma; Mussurov, Altay - 2021
Using data from the 2011 and 2016 Life in Kyrgyzstan surveys, we examine Kyrgyz women's labour supply elasticities at …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012433617
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Accounting for peer effects in treatment response
Dieye, Rokhaya; Djebbari, Habiba; Barrera, Felipe - 2014
When one's treatment status affects the outcomes of others, experimental data are not sufficient to identify a treatment causal impact. In order to account for peer effects in program response, we use a social network model. We estimate and validate the model on experimental data collected for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010386388
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Job contact networks and wages of rural-urban migrants in China
Long, Wenjin; Appleton, Simon; Song, Lina - 2013
In nationally representative household data from the 2008 wave of the Rural to Urban Migration in China survey, nearly two thirds of rural-urban migrants found their employment through family members, relatives, friends or acquaintances. This paper investigates why the use of social network to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009792989