This study examines how large-scale, predominantly male emigration affects the education of girls staying in Tajikistan, the poorest post-Soviet state and one of the most remittance-dependent economies in the world. Using data from a three-wave household panel survey conducted in 2007, 2009, and...

Die Zuwanderung nach Deutschland und die Integration von Migranten in die deutsche Gesellschaft findet seit einigen Jahren hohe Aufmerksamkeit, und statistische Informationen über das Zuwanderungsgeschehen und über die in Deutschland lebenden Migranten werden angefordert. Denn um eine...

Seit Beginn der 1990er Jahre kommt der Beschäftigung von osteuropäischen Saisonarbeitern insbesondere in der deutschen Landwirtschaft eine Schlüsselrolle zu. Obschon diese auf bilateralen Verträgen beruhende kurzfristige Arbeitsmigration mittlerweile Praxis ist, wurde ihre Bedeutung für...

In this paper we analyze economic and spatial determinants of interregional migration in Kazakhstan using quarterly panel data on region to region migration in 2008-2010. In line with traditional economic theory we find that migration is determined by economic factors, first of all income:...

Internal migration flows in Kazakhstan are of high social and political relevance but political and public attention has primarily been devoted to external movements. This paper presents the main descriptive results of a new household survey on migration and remittances in Kazakhstan which was...

In this paper we analyze the determinants of interregional migration in Kazakhstan using quarterly panel data on region to region migration in 2008-2010. To the best of our knowledge this is the first study on interregional population flows in Central Asia. We find that migration is determined...

This paper presents the technique of a household survey on migration and remittances in Kazakhstan which was conducted between October and December 2010. Based on a random route sampling strategy 2,227 households were interviewed in the cities Almaty, Astana, Karaganda and Pavlodar. The core...