Determinants of Female Labor Migration in the Kyrgyz Republic. Based on Life In Kyrgyzstan Survey (2010-2013)

Abstract

According to Unified migration report 2014 made under the guidance of Ministry of labor, Migration, and Youth of Kyrgyz Republic, there is a tendency of increasing number of women migrating. Report says that among the whole country population migrating for labor reasons women make up more than 30% and the highest portion of labor women migrants in Russian Federation are immigrants from Central Asia. It is an important socio-economic issue for our country because a) remittances are making up a big share of GDP; b) women are a vulnerable group of people that need social protection, especially outside the home-country. To protect women economically and socially and develop policies for these purposes, government has to understand what motivates women in our country to migrate. The main finding of the paper that age, marital status and education level, location, ethnicity, and household size, number of migrants in family, being a head of family are seen as significant factors for female migration.