The gendered impacts of income fluctuations on household departure, labor supply, and human capital decisions: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan
How do fluctuations in income affect labor supply decisions, and how do their effects differ by gender? This study analyzes data from a thirteen-year rolling panel in Kyrgyzstan spanning 2004–16. It addresses the endogeneity of fluctuations in income to labor supply decisions by employing shift shar...
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| author | Kosec, Katrina Song, Jie Zhao, Hongdi Holtemeyer, Brian |
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| description | How do fluctuations in income affect labor supply decisions, and how do their effects differ by gender? This study analyzes data from a thirteen-year rolling panel in Kyrgyzstan spanning 2004–16. It addresses the endogeneity of fluctuations in income to labor supply decisions by employing shift share instruments that exploit region-level changes over time in growth rates of different sources of revenue and production costs. Estimating a household fixed effects model, the study finds that reductions in income relative to the median spur departure from the household (for example, due to migration), with smaller impacts on women than men. However, women’s labor supply at the origin is affected significantly more, with short-term increases in hours of employment and declines in home production and other activities. Reductions in income also fuel temporary migration for both genders, with larger effects for men, and widen the gender gap in pursuit of non-compulsory education. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1389692025-10-26T12:53:00Z The gendered impacts of income fluctuations on household departure, labor supply, and human capital decisions: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan Kosec, Katrina Song, Jie Zhao, Hongdi Holtemeyer, Brian decision making gender households income labour How do fluctuations in income affect labor supply decisions, and how do their effects differ by gender? This study analyzes data from a thirteen-year rolling panel in Kyrgyzstan spanning 2004–16. It addresses the endogeneity of fluctuations in income to labor supply decisions by employing shift share instruments that exploit region-level changes over time in growth rates of different sources of revenue and production costs. Estimating a household fixed effects model, the study finds that reductions in income relative to the median spur departure from the household (for example, due to migration), with smaller impacts on women than men. However, women’s labor supply at the origin is affected significantly more, with short-term increases in hours of employment and declines in home production and other activities. Reductions in income also fuel temporary migration for both genders, with larger effects for men, and widen the gender gap in pursuit of non-compulsory education. 2023-01-02 2024-02-06T18:38:19Z 2024-02-06T18:38:19Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/138969 en Limited Access Informa UK Limited Kosec, Katrina; Song, Jie; Zhao, Hongdi; and Holtemeyer, Brian. 2023. The gendered impacts of income fluctuations on household departure, labor supply, and human capital decisions: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan. Feminist Economics 29(1): 205-235. https://doi.org/10.1080/13545701.2022.2101680 |
| spellingShingle | decision making gender households income labour Kosec, Katrina Song, Jie Zhao, Hongdi Holtemeyer, Brian The gendered impacts of income fluctuations on household departure, labor supply, and human capital decisions: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan |
| title | The gendered impacts of income fluctuations on household departure, labor supply, and human capital decisions: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan |
| title_full | The gendered impacts of income fluctuations on household departure, labor supply, and human capital decisions: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan |
| title_fullStr | The gendered impacts of income fluctuations on household departure, labor supply, and human capital decisions: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan |
| title_full_unstemmed | The gendered impacts of income fluctuations on household departure, labor supply, and human capital decisions: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan |
| title_short | The gendered impacts of income fluctuations on household departure, labor supply, and human capital decisions: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan |
| title_sort | gendered impacts of income fluctuations on household departure labor supply and human capital decisions evidence from kyrgyzstan |
| topic | decision making gender households income labour |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/138969 |
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