We use panel data for rural Kyrgyzstan to examine households' international migration response when faced with shocks …. Using a household fixed effects regression model, we find that while a drought shock increases the likelihood of migration … trade-off between two effects of a shock for a household: loss of income and increase in the need of labor services. We show …

We use panel data for rural Kyrgyzstan to examine households' international migration response when faced with shocks …. Using a household fixed effects regression model, we find that while a drought shock increases the likelihood of migration … trade-off between two effects of a shock for a household: loss of income and increase in the need of labor services. We show …

We examine households' temporary international migration response when faced with shocks in rural Kyrgyzstan. Using a … household fixed effects model, we find that while a drought shock increases migration, a winter shock reduces migration. We … argue that this difference is because of the trade-off between two effects of a shock for a household: loss of income and …

This paper aims to study the impact of migration on labour supply and time-use of women left behind in Kyrgyzstan …