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1. Migration Responses to Household Income Shocks:
Evidence from Kyrgyzstan
Katrina Kosec
Senior Research Fellow
International Food Policy Research Institute
Joint work with Brian Holtemeyer
CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research Annual Scientific Conference
December 5–6, 2017
December 5, 2017 1 / 20
2. Introduction
Research Question
How do income shocks influence employment decisions of individual
women and men?
What are their impacts on migration and whether individuals work?
How do they influence household composition?
Do they influence the acquisition of human capital?
December 5, 2017 2 / 20
3. Introduction
Specific Focus: Households in Kyrgyzstan Earning Income
from Agriculture
During 2004-2014, how have Kyrgyz households earning income from
agricultural production (crops and/or livestock) responded to reductions in
total household income?
December 5, 2017 3 / 20
4. Introduction
Preview of the Results
Negative shocks significantly increase migration
Migration impacts on women are smaller than for men
Women are more likely to lose their jobs than are men following shocks
Shocks decrease the number of adult males in the household, increase
the dependency ratio, and decrease the prevalence of a male head
Shocks do not affect whether young women or young men pursue
non-compulsory education
December 5, 2017 4 / 20
5. Introduction
Motivation
Negative income shocks can substantially negatively affect the welfare
of the poor
For example, they increase child labor and reduce the likelihood of
investment in relatively capital-intensive HH enterprises (Yang 2008)
Households—especially poor ones—tend to under-insure against such
shocks (Dercon 2002; Townsend 1994; Jalan and Rvallion 1999)
The effect of negative income shocks on migration is ambiguous:
They increase liquidity constraints (making it harder to finance
migration and thus reducing it)
They increase the need for family members to stay home to help cope
with the shock (reducing migration) (Halliday 2006)
They increase wage gaps between the origin and potential destinations
(increasing migration) (Kennan and Walker 2011; Kleemans 2015)
Limited empirical evidence on how movements in HH income affect
migration and employment or how women are differentially affected
December 5, 2017 5 / 20
6. Introduction
Background: The Economy of Kyrgyzstan
Small (200,000 sq. km), land-locked, low-income country in Central
Asia
2004 GDP per capita: $757 (in constant 2010 USD); still a modest
$1,004 per capita by 2014
In 2014, 30.6% of people were living below the national poverty line
65% of the population, 75% of the poor, and 80% of the extreme
poor live in rural areas (FAO 2016)
December 5, 2017 6 / 20
7. Introduction
Background: The Agricultural Sector
Only 7 percent of the country’s land is arable (44 percent of land is
used as pastures for livestock)
Agriculture’s share in GDP was 33 percent in 2004, though that
declined to 17 percent in 2014
39% of employment in 2004 and 32% in 2014 was in agriculture
Livestock accounted for over 57% of overall net production value of
agriculture in 2011
Vast majority of agricultural production is concentrated in small
individual farms (FAO 2016)
December 5, 2017 7 / 20
8. Introduction
Background: Migration in Kyrgyzstan
Many Kyrgyz have emigrated—largely to Russia and to a lesser
extent Kazakhstan—in search of improved economic opportunities
An estimated 650,000–1,000,000 Kyrgyz, about 40 percent female
and 60 percent male, currently work abroad (OSCE 2016)
In 2014, migrants sent home over $2 billion in
remittances—equivalent to over 27 percent of GDP
This has contributed to making migration a major policy issue for the
country
December 5, 2017 8 / 20
9. Empirical Strategy
Data
Data source: The Kyrgyzstan Integrated Household Survey (KIHS),
2004–2014 (11 years of data)
Rolling panel dataset; median household is in the sample for 3 years
Measures collected quarterly aggregated to be annual data
Household identifiers unique and consistent across years; individual
identifiers constructed using household identifier and exact birth date
(year, month, date)
Sample: all households earning at least some income from agriculture
(65.5 percent of households)
9,562 households in total
41 percent are urban
41 percent of all income these households earn comes from agriculture
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10. Empirical Strategy
Outcomes
Migration:
Defined as exiting the household roster (and thus ceasing to be
considered a household member) (used, e.g., by Mueller et al. 2014)
Employment:
Defined as having worked for a paid job and/or for a family farm or
enterprise during the last week (or being temporarily away)
Pursuing Education:
Is the individual currently a student?
December 5, 2017 10 / 20
11. Empirical Strategy
Table 1: Summary statistics
N Mean SD
Dummy—individual left roster since the previous round 62,282 0.103 0.304
Dummy—main place of work is outside the country 71,719 0.087 0.282
Dummy—main place of work is outside the oblast or country 71,719 0.124 0.330
Dummy—had a paid job and/or work on a family farm or enterprise 103,321 0.694 0.461
Dummy—worked multiple jobs in last week 71,719 0.151 0.358
Dummy—would like to work more, if it provided additional income 71,719 0.284 0.451
Dummy—employed under verbal contract 36,616 0.401 0.490
Dummy—student (universe: 15-24 years) 35,596 0.570 0.495
Dummy—student (universe: 15-20 years) 25,159 0.738 0.440
Assistance per capita from family and friends (2010 Som) 33,209 2,052 6,113
Healthy HH dietary diversity score 28,660 1.956 .647
Household dietary diversity score 28,660 9.214 1.088
Total household income (2010 Som) 9,551 128,773 118,259
Dummy—household produces an ag good in the majority of traded value basket 9,562 0.735 0.441
Head of household age 9,367 51.7 14.0
Household size 9,369 4.38 1.93
Land size (1000 m2
) 9,550 9.15 14.6
Dummy—head of household general secondary degree or higher 9,367 0.851 0.356
Dummy—head of household is married 9,367 0.729 0.445
Dummy—head of household is male 9,367 0.726 0.446
Source: Authors’ calculations based on KIHS 2004–2014.
Notes: Household characteristics are summarized for the first (initial) year that the household is in the sample.
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12. Empirical Strategy
Econometric Specification
We estimate:
Eijkt = β0 + β1Hjkt + β2Xjkt + β3Yijkt + αkt + γt + tjk + ijkt (1)
where
i indexes individuals, j indexes households, k indexes the oblast (i.e.
region) – area type (rural or urban), and t indexes years
Eijkt is a migration or employment-related outcome
Hjkt is total household income
Xjkt is a vector of household-level controls
Yijkt is a vector of individual-level controls including a male dummy,
age, and age2
αkt are year × oblast × urban area dummy fixed effects
γt are year fixed effects
tjk is a vector of the quantities the HH grew in its first year in the
sample of 6 most traded ag products, each interacted with a time trend
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13. Empirical Strategy
Identification: Simulated Instrumental Variables Strategy
Problem: Omitted variable bias and reverse causality
Solution: Instrument for HH income with simulated (i.e. predicted)
HH income from a basket of the six most traded (by value) ag
products (kidney beans, cow’s milk, sheep, cows, bulls/ oxen, and
potatoes):
Sjkt =
6
c=1
(qc,t=0 × pc,t)
qc,t=0 is quantity HH produced in its first year in the sample
pc,t is Kyrgyzstan-wide median price in the current year
Note: About 74% of sample households produced at least one of these
products in their first year in the sample.
Exploits that part of HH income due to exogenous shifts in prices of
heavily-traded commodities
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15. Empirical Strategy
Table 2: First stage results
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
Controls added iteratively
Year FE Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Year×urban×oblast FE Yes Yes Yes Yes
Household-level controls Yes Yes Yes
Individual’s age, age2
, and sex Yes Yes
Other individual-level controls Yes
Panel A: current income
Simulated income 1.177*** 1.132*** 1.143*** 1.145*** 1.141***
(0.104) (0.102) (0.100) (0.100) (0.100)
R2
0.377 0.442 0.463 0.464 0.466
First stage F-stat 127.1 124.1 129.8 130.6 130.0
N 62240 62240 61401 61401 61401
Panel B: lagged income
Simulated income 0.934*** 0.936*** 0.951*** 0.951*** 0.947***
(0.114) (0.116) (0.119) (0.119) (0.119)
R2
0.527 0.576 0.592 0.592 0.594
First stage F-stat 66.7 65.6 64.1 64.1 63.8
N 60695 60695 59858 59858 59858
Source: Authors’ calculations based on KIHS 2004–2014.
Notes: Standard errors are in parentheses and clustered at the household level. *** indicates
p<0.01; ** indicates p<0.05; and * indicates p<0.10.
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16. Results
Table 3: Heterogeneous effects of income shocks on migration (IV)
Dummy—left household
(1) (2) (3)
Panel A: current year income
Income -0.034*** -0.025** -0.041***
(0.012) (0.012) (0.013)
Income×male -0.017***
(0.004)
Income×male head 0.008
(0.008)
R2
0.100 0.100 0.100
First stage F-stat 130.0 65.3 66.1
N 61401 61401 61401
Panel B: lagged income
Income -0.020 -0.012 -0.027**
(0.013) (0.013) (0.014)
Income×male -0.015***
(0.004)
Income×male head 0.007
(0.006)
R2
0.103 0.103 0.103
First stage F-stat 63.8 32.0 31.5
N 59858 59858 59858
Notes: *** indicates p<0.01; ** indicates p<0.05; and * indicates p<0.10.
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17. Results
Table 4: Effects of income shocks on employment
Dummy—had a paid job
and/or work on a family farm
or enterprise
(1) (2)
Income 0.037*** 0.051***
(0.014) (0.014)
Income×male -0.026***
(0.005)
R2
0.294 0.292
First stage F-stat 117.0 58.6
N 101433 101433
Source: Authors’ calculations based on KIHS 2004–2014.
Notes: Income is measured in 100,000s of 2010 Som. Stan-
dard errors are in parentheses and clustered at the household
level. *** indicates p<0.01; ** indicates p<0.05; and * in-
dicates p<0.10.
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18. Results
Table 5: Impacts on household composition
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
# HH
members -
male
# HH
members -
female
# HH
members,
age 15-64
dependency
ratio
dummy -
male head
Panel A: current income
Simulated income 0.079** 0.017 0.131** -0.054* 0.042***
(0.039) (0.031) (0.061) (0.033) (0.150)
R2
0.343 0.284 0.453 0.266 0.015
First stage F-stat 156.7 156.7 156.7 150.5 156.8
N 34128 34128 34128 32232 34102
Panel B: lagged income
Simulated income 0.107** 0.030 0.206** -0.071 0.060***
(0.049) (0.040) (0.082) (0.047) (0.022)
R2
0.298 0.233 0.405 0.251 0.620
First stage F-stat 81.08 81.08 81.08 78.02 81.01
N 24798 24798 24798 23393 24772
Source: Authors’ calculations based on KIHS 2004–2014.
Notes: *** indicates p<0.01; ** indicates p<0.05; and * indicates p<0.10.
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19. Results
Table 6: Effects of income shocks on studying
Dummy—student...
(universe: 15–24 years) (universe: 15–20 years)
(1) (2) (3) (4)
Income 0.000 -0.001 -0.011 -0.010
(0.020) (0.021) (0.023) (0.024)
Income×male 0.002 -0.001
(0.008) (0.008)
R2
0.480 0.480 0.351 0.351
First stage F-stat 79.3 39.9 57.3 29.0
N 34,931 34,931 24,702 24,702
Source: Authors’ calculations based on KIHS 2004–2014.
Notes: The student outcomes are constructed from the self-reported response to
“Please specify which of the following definitions is the best description of your
current status?” Income is measured in 100,000s of 2010 Som. Standard errors
are in parentheses and clustered at the household level. *** indicates p<0.01; **
indicates p<0.05; and * indicates p<0.10.
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20. Conclusion
Conclusions
Negative shocks significantly increase migration
Migration impacts on women are smaller than for men
Women are more likely to lose their jobs than are men following shocks
Shocks decrease the number of adult males in the household, increase
the dependency ratio, and decrease the prevalence of a male head
Shocks do not affect whether young women or young men pursue
non-compulsory education
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