Remittances and labor supply of the left-behind youth

Evidence from Kyrgyzstan

Bibliographic Data

ID11147740
AuthorsJorge Dávalos (0000-0002-9428-9313, Universidad del Pacífico), Kamalbek Karymshakov (0000-0002-6839-9498, Kyrgyz-Türkish Manas Üniversity, corresponding author), Burulcha Sulaimanova (0000-0002-1209-4791, Kyrgyz-Türkish Manas Üniversity), Raziiakhan Abdieva (Kyrgyz-Türkish Manas Üniversity), Raziiakhan Abdıeva (Kyrgyz-Türkish Manas Üniversity)
Year2017
Volume26
Issue3
Pages352-380
Publication date2017-09-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAsian and Pacific migration journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0117-1968 • E-ISSN: 2057-049X
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0117196817729190
OpenAlexW2754772514
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited29

This paper examines whether remittances from international migration impact on the occupational choice of left-behind youth in Kyrgyzstan. Labor supply is analyzed both at the extensive and intensive margins using cross-sectional data for 2011. To overcome endogeneity concerns, an instrumental variable approach was implemented. Findings demonstrate that migration, rather than remittances, pushes the left-behind youth to become unpaid family workers. This is explained by the substitution effect as the youth left behind are called upon to replace the migrant labor. Moreover, this effect is heterogeneous – female youth are more inclined to becoming unpaid family workers both at the extensive and intensive margins

Demographic economics · Economics · Endogeneity · Instrumental variable · Labour economics · Left behind · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Psychology

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