Join our next virtual seminar – Forum for Uzbek and Silk Road Studies Virtual Seminars. The speaker is Dr. Kamalbek Karymshakov, Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University, with a presentation titled “Drought and Migration: Evidence from the Kyrgyz Republic”.
Abstract: We empirically examine the effect of the drought of 2021 on migration in the Kyrgyz Republic. A panel dataset was created using nationally representative household survey data for the period 2019–2022 with approximately 5,000 households in each year and integrated with the satellite data on precipitation at the community level to measure the drought. Empirical estimations based on the difference-in-differences method with fixed effects show that international migration of household members living in drought-affected locations increased during the post-shock year. Both urban and rural households demonstrated a positive migration trend. This finding suggests that policy aimed at creating resilience to the drought shock should be comprehensive and take into consideration its economy-wide effects.
May 6, 1:00PM London time / 5:00PM Tashkent time
Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/A_nrbxOsQHSiyuNJ7Ak7Gw